So, if I ever played Napoleon it would be with an Italian accent. He was an outsider, which also interests me.

I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.

A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.

When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.

Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.

I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.

I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.

I am very traditional as a man. I am not modern and never have been. I think I was born 50 years of age and out of my time.

Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith, I have to find out for myself.

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists.

She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.

The faith is not the problem, Bernadette. The problem is the faithful.

An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.

God loved us before he made us and his love has never diminished and never shall.

Living on Faith.Striving on Desire. Flying on Hope.

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowcharts; they'll be obvious.

More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.

Ah, babies! They’re more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.

I'm a great jazz fan.