Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*.

If you do not surrender, I shall be forced to shoot you through the head with a rather large bullet.

I became a professional cricket teacher about 20 years ago. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, he needs someone to bowl to him.

It grieves us to produce work that is not perfect.

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.

The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.

We all had such larks. Yes, it was hard work but the friendships and the genuine respect we had for one another, that side I shall miss greatly. I've stopped acting, but I don't think I've finished using my voice. I could, and probably will, record the whole of Shakespeare's sonnets. They live at the side of my bed and are my constant companions.