There are bad times just around the corner, There are dark clouds travelling through the sky, And it's no good whining, About a silver lining, For we know from experience they won't roll by...

To know you are among people whom you love, and who love you – that has made all the successes wonderful, much more wonderful than they'd have been anyway.

Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses.

What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.

It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad matinée in Hull, it will teach you much more than a year of careful instruction.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)