To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.

See I'm the reckless and wild one who saves him from being boring. It's why we're perfect for each other. We balance. - Madame Selena

Which direction?" Robard asked. "Robard, " I said exasperated, "we need a boat. I believe boats are kept at or near the ocean.

It's what I love about what I do and the life that I'm able to have and be able to just be so normal one day and be here the next...I feel so lucky to be able to do what I do.

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making.

When you're a story teller, you work out everything. You work out who these people are, what's going to be happening. The environment in which they live.

Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.

The insupportable labor of doing nothing.

My first objective is to invest, and if I have anything spare, then I spend.

Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.