North Face of Soho

I was wrong, however, to suppose that Sellers thought the world revolved around him. He thought the cosmos did too, and history, and the fates... Like every egomaniac, he behaved as if everybody else spent their day being as interested in him as he was.

If it feels like a mistake before you go in, don't go in.

The sure sign of a weak man who ascends to glory is that he can't tolerate having strong men around him.

If the assembled company rags you for a failing, you can usually play up to it for comic effect: it's the failing they don't mention that you have to watch out for.