A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable.

GUIL: A scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.

What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.