I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther.

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.

Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.

Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus.

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.

As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.