We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.

Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

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.

I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.

A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more remunerative than a movie.

I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.