Now there is a society where the funeral industry got completely out of control.

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

[On the United States:] A nation which does not appreciate that the simple elocution exercise 'Merry Mary married hairy Harry' contains not one but three vowel sounds.

Objectivity? I've always had an objective.

Picking other people's brains is an art worth cultivating.

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

Enemies are, to me, as important as friends in my life, and when they die I mourn their passing.

The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept.

I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.

Growing up in the English countryside seemed an interminable process. Freezing winter gave way to frosty spring, which in turn merged into chilly summer-but nothing ever, ever happened.

Death is woven in with the violets, ” said Louis. “Death and again death.”)

1, 320 seconds walk into the room before he does.

There were no PCs when I started programming on computers.

I don't think I can get anywhere near to fully describing what love is.

Your mysterious mountains I wish to see closer. May I land my kinky machine?

Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.

I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.

Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome.