My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.

Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.

I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer."

People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.

I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car.

When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.

Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.

I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.

As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death."

I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.

I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.

You may not appreciate the value of a key until you encounter the door it locks or unlocks.

nO thing is yOur's except yOur "bOdy" -&- nO one is yOurs except yOur "sOul

We can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed.

REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.

The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans.

I've changed my style constantly, so I'm not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter.

When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, "Congratulations, you have an actor!"

Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice.