Everything he said should be followed by a big sic

The nostalgia I have been cherishing all these years is a hypertrophied sense of lost childhood, not sorrow for lost banknotes.

I see again my schoolroom in Vyra, the blue roses of the wallpaper, the open window.… Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.

How small the cosmos (a kangaroo's pouch would hold it), how paltry and puny in comparison to human consciousness, to a single individual recollection, and its expression in words!

I discovered in nature the non utilitarian delights that I sought in art. Both were a form of magic, both were a game of intricate enchantment and deception.

...for she soars with the wildest hyperbole when not tagging after the most pedestrian dictum.

One is always at home in one's past...

The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:

Film is the greatest educational medium the world has ever known.

Believe in yourself, because God's angels sure do.

Why, we are just the same - I am only a little girl like you. It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!

I was thrilled with how the first series of 'Sherlock' was received. It was such great fun to film, which makes it so rewarding when something you enjoy is so well received.

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.

We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

We don't deliberately set out to offend. Unless we feel it's justified.

I care about what people think of my heart, my music, my passion.

The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force.