I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something.

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean.

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that serves the subject.

When asked what attribute he most admired in human nature, Mahatma Gandhi replied, simply and immediately, 'Courage'. 'Nonviolence', he said, 'is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.

I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or our points of view.

At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all to do with passionately adoring them, but I know I'm safe calling them that. Although, of course, I adore them too.

Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone.