It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.

If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means.

It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.

So boring you fall asleep halfway through her name.

I had no idea of who could play it, no notion really. Then Richard came to see us but I don't think it was decided at that meeting. The trouble is, as soon as you've chosen somebody it obscures anybody else you might have thought of. It's like going to a place that you've never been to before - you've got a picture of it and then you go there and that picture is totally wiped out by the reality.

No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.