There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals.

There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals.

Now, Emily didn't make a sound. There was something more defining about the soundless reality that condemned the paradigm of passion.

It was as simple as that - they met. As simple as only beautiful things can be beautiful, as only life-changing things, turning-point things, can be simple.("For The Rest Of Her Life")

Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...

Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare, you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case. You're scarred for life.

The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.

Both of us have forged our careers in London, but a lot of my comedy influences come from my family and my childhood.

The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.

Even evil and evil-doing can be overcome by suggestion.

Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing.

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.