I'm very good at getting up in the morning - so much of my life has been spent on film sets where we start at the crack of dawn.

I think handbags, not so much clothes anymore, but I think you can tell a fashion victim by their handbag.

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

I don't feel like I am 66 at all. I feel more like I am 35. But I have a bus pass so it must be true.

To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head.

I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody.

Sure, good things can go badly wrong. Nevertheless, there's always another day.

I've been given this blessing, which is my granddaughter. You're no longer just you. You suddenly fit into the chest of drawers of life.

I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.

You must swear never to go on the dole. Never be bored. Find something to do. And don't yawn.

I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

A strong ant is better than a weak lion.

Your suffering needs to be respected.

I am selfish. I am brave.

Alas! the scientific conscience had got into the debasing company of money obligation and selfish respects.

Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.

Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected.

I never miss England.

We must let this town square, which has added a significant dimension to our political process, continue to flourish.

When you write, you want to get rid of the world, don’t you? Of course you do. When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds.

3% of the problems have figures, 97% of the problems do not.