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

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.

I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.

You are my whole existence and I will love you until my last breath.

What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.

My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture.