We have people being a little uncomfortable in their life on Earth with finances and so on, so Science Fantasy or Science Fiction allows people to think that there are possibilities beyond the gravity of our planet.

Childhood in large parts of modern Britain, at any rate, has been replaced by premature adulthood, or rather adolescence

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

On a film set everyone is very cool. Well, blase really.

Cruelty is like hope: it springs eternal.

[There] is no class so dangerous as the idle educated.

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.