It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.