I think that first nights should come near the end of a play's run-as indeed, they often do.

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.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares

We used to have lots of questions to which there were no answers. Now, with the computer, there are lots of answers to which we haven't thought up questions.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.