The actor's role in the community is quite unlike anyone else's. Businessmen, for example, don't take their clothes off or cry in front of strangers in the course of their work. Actors do.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

I have been vain since birth.

Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.

I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.

To some women, a job plays the role of a man. To most women, a man plays the role of a job.

There is no escape from me, not even in death.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think

We had a very good relationship. Very good. I liked [Sonny Ramphal]. I thought he was a genuine man.

Good is the enemy of great. And that's one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.

The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life . . . and someone who realizes that it can’t possibly be enough.

What an orchestra! They just sit there, but their minds are thousands of miles away with their bookies.

It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.

Every man has a vocation to be someone: but he must understand clearly that in order to fulfill this vocation he can only be one person: himself.

And blind oblivion swallowed cities up.