The bastards murdered half my family.

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.

During the Blitz, a lot of shops had their windows blown in and put up notices saying, 'More open than usual'. I now declare this place more open than usual.

Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.

How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?

People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.

I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.

You're just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don't trust me and I don't trust you.

In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.

So you are the people tearing down the Brazilian rainforest and breeding cattle.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene.

I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

Belief is knowing what you believe. Conviction is knowing why you believe it.

Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.

The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

The current system punishes communities which make the investment in creating landfills, only to have them filled by states which refuse to adequately address their waste issues.

I love the act of writing. I like the quiet, internal aspect of it. If I lost track of that, I couldn't direct the same way. I couldn't be a director for-hire; it's just not my nature.

I've always been fascinated by the military, the discipline they have and the sacrifices they make to defend the country. It's something I've always been interested in.