My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.

The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.

To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

I always wanted to design for films.

Remember, the early '60s in London was something - which must have been like Berlin in the '30s when the arts flourished. You didn't have the differences in class, and so on.

One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is the film's creation of its own form of reality.

I'm an incurable romantic, and 'Casablanca''s one of the most romantic pictures I've ever seen - the combination of Bogart and Bergman is just magical.

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

What I felt at that time - we're talking about '61 - was that I couldn't remember seeing a film that reflected the age we were living in.

My mother and father were interested in the arts.

It takes courage to stay young, to make your enthusiasms work for you. Don't let anyone drag you down.

In a family, no matter how dysfunctional she is, when one member loses, when one becomes smaller, all lose, all end up becoming smaller.

We must strongly resist reductions in diversity, especially when it happens, either directly or indirectly, because of our own activities.

He comes as a guest to the feast of existence, and knows that what matters is not how much he inherits but how he behaves at the feast, and what people remember and love him for.

The message of Easter is not that Jesus is alive, it is so much more. The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!

You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.

Other people's opinions do not determine your potential.

If you get made fun for the way you look, then maybe wearing the same thing every day is the best way to protect yourself.

Sports taught me that I can make a mistake one minute, let it go, and be brilliant the next.

I want to write novels. I want to write stories. I want to do the stuff that I became a writer to do.