The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.

I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.

Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.

A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.

It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

He is ugly and sad... but he is all love.

The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.

I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.

Men Against Jive is a brilliant title! That's a military story, that's a difficult one to explain really because that's sort of a war... it's not just a war story.

I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.

...the haunted always take refuge in stillness.

The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many of the same intellectual principles.

Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected.

I have three best friends in this world. What's surprising is that they also happen to be your (audience) three best friends. They are Bachpan (childhood), Jawani (Youth) and Budhapa (old age).

I don't regret the numerous pictures of Brigitte Bardot, but I'd rather have a good photograph of my father.