Two members of my profession who are not urgently needed by my profession, Mr. Ronald Reagan and Mr. George Murphy, entered politics, and they've done extremely well. Since there has been no reciprocal tendency in the other direction, it suggests to me that our job is still more difficult than their new one.

Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity.

It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man.

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

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.

Life is unfair but remember sometimes it is unfair in your favour.