I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.

You and your sister are very dear to each other. To show your regard, you give each other lovely bouquets of lies.

Spring dances with joy in every flower and in every bud letting us know that changes are beautiful and an inevitable law of life.

Before you blame others for their wrongdoings, make sure you've achieved something worthwhile in the society or in someone's life.

Life no longer felt meaningless. It felt stressful and terrifying, but it definitely didn't feel meaningless.

The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If Im afraid of it, then I want to do it.

Cold metal walks across my forehead, spiders search for my heart. It is a light that goes out in my mouth.

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

Know that the outward form passes away, but the world of reality remains forever. How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug? Leave the jug; go, seek the water!