I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.

It's a great privilege just to be in a film not because you're some packaging that some agent has done with the studio exec: "We need a John Travolta film."

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook.