There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I'm conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

As long as you have at least one thing anchoring you, you can't get too lost.

There is no greater gift than realizing the constant presence of the Divine and His Absolute Power to create and restore all things.

There is no limit to what you can achieve, if you believe you can.

I don't think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.

Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too. Perfect love cannot be without equality. A friend to everybody and to nobody is the same thing. We are all alike, on the inside.

Perfectionism is a time waster - 20 percent of the effort you put into any project accomplishes 80 percent of the outcome - so this is a time to ask yourself when good enough is enough and then stop.

Oh what would Rome be without a plot?

Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian.