No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

I never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it.

I mean the truth is, I've always been interested in the whole setup of the old world.

I think it's always a challenge to adapt something from one medium to another - a novel into a film or a play into a movie or whatever.

I think American television changed world television in its reinvention of the series.

Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails, or cars slamming into each other or burning buildings. It's a general clean-out.

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.