I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

The State that cawing rookery of committees and subcommittees.

How long does it take your soul to realize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of fullness and satisfaction.

It’s my brain. I know exactly what I have to do, but if I’m not using my brain, I’m not doing the things my coach is telling me.

This world we exist in is populated by people who have really shut themselves off from life.

Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.

Economists and technologists bring the "bits", but it requires the social scientists and humanists to bring the "wits.

Have compassion towards each other, including animals.

I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do

[All religious sects] dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight; and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversion of the duperies in which they live.

Well, God's above all; and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved.