If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.

Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.

It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own.

Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt And frequently mortgaged to the hilt Is inclined to take the gilt Off the gingerbread, And certainly damps the fun Of the eldest son.

I'm an enormously talented man, and there's no use pretending that I'm not.

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.