We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

The names for things don't come first. Words stagger after, hopelessly trying to become the sensation.

The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.

I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.

I smoke too much whether it's going well or badly. After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line.