I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.

If you're a gardener you don't need a gym. [...] You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over.

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.

Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person.

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.