I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.

The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.

Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to your world. When the world shifts, you shift.

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

The colours red, blue and green are real. The colour yellow is a mystical experience shared by everybody.