I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.

Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.