The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

The absurd man is he who never changes.

Like it or not, we're still a primitive tribe ruled by fears, superstition and misinformation.

Of all the London theatres, the Donmar is the dream.

I really see myself as a homegirl. Wales is my first home. London is my second home - I've been there 14 years now.

I’m one of those people who never really joined the grown-ups.

What’s going on?” he demanded. “The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans... you know, the stuff that runs in our family.

I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

I'm not a great man to my children. I'm just 'Pop.' The more involved I am with my kids, it keeps my head flat on top.

Two women placed together makes cold weather.