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.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind.

It's the gloomy things that need our help, if everything in the garden is sunny, why meddle?

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

I always like to arrive at the airport early to enjoy breakfast and lounge about so that when I get on the plane all my travel fever has disappeared.

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.