The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

You can believe that you are a good and caring person, but if you don't treat others with goodness and care, where is the proof?

Stop making shame a virtue.

Boy handing over his report card: Of course I seem stupid to my teachers . . . they're all college graduates.

I quite fancy the 1940s. I like the trams and the trousers.

I fare the best when I'm in dangerous situations.

To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.

I've never competed in powerlifting. But my goals weren't to be a powerlifter. My goals were to pack on size and get big, big, big.

Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly.

Anything you undertake will be possible to accomplish.

Our approach is very much profiting from lack of change rather than from change.