Irritable Judges suffer from a bad case of premature adjudication.

There is always time for failure

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.

We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.

The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to stop you doing anything you don't want to do.

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

If we can acquire an attitude of self-belief, then we will surely determine our future actions and our future life opportunities.

Positive thinking is the best gift that you can give to your mind, and the best part of it all, is that it is absolutely free.

Our great need is to discover that Jesus is all we need.

Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

My rule on honorary degrees has always been to have one more than Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.