Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.

It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid.

Entry is not equivalent to possession.

I have always been an impassioned advocate for the works of Shakespeare. I regard him as one of the most complete miracles of his or any other age.

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.

Glory never arrives through the front door. She sneaks in uninvited round the back or through an upstairs window while you are sleeping.

You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children