A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time, never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into account. He knows that if he wants presence, he must consult with nature.

I've been very fortunateit's just been an amazing piece of luck. I haven't had to suffer for my art but I've suffered enough inside to hopefully be called an artist.

If the movie is terrible you can have fun. You can joke about it and have a ball. The movie is already sort of established as a kind of extraordinary piece of work even though it hasn't opened yet to the public. It is harder because you can't go against it and you can't be interesting. You have to go with the flow. Although one is very happy to be in it, it is sort of hard to talk about it. It is hard to talk about successful. It is much easier to talk about failure.

I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.

Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.

In Stratford you either turn into an alcoholic or you better write.

Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.