Bed is the perfect climate.

It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.

Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom.

I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health.

As one gets older, one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.

It's no good pacing up and down. It won't make the plane arrive any faster. Just sit down and accept that we're delayed. You're just making a fool of yourself.

Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.