Where do you prefer to sit, Sir?" (Lady Alexandra to William, the Duke, during her mail-order bride interview.)

It was William who would climb out of his carriage unafraid and help a farmer drive a herd of cattle or sheep across a road when necessary.

I've never met anyone as kind as you are, except me Mum, o' course." --Benjamin Trimmel to Lady Alexandra.

...our free will could convert a curse into a blessing or a blessing into a curse...To transform a crisis into an opportunity was true wisdom

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

the fruit of life is experience, not happiness.

I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved.

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty

The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.

I'm not really a girly girl.

When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.

I think people are surprised to learn that Im pretty goofy and pretty funny.