I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale

My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly; the rest is subject to change without notice.

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.