People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.

I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.

You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.

I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.

You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.