I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

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

When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.

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

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.

Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.