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I always like to think I'm having a dinner party, and I'm the host, and the audience are my guests.

A good host is someone who really takes care of everyone, from the food to their daily programme. I can't.

I like to think of myself as the host at a party, and, if everybody is having a good time, so much the better.

Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation, and that even the dullest evening spent watching television is preferable.

I'm sure the next time Piers Morgan asks me to host his show again I will ask President Obama to be my guest.

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.