You make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real.

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

It wasn't about believing this or that, it wasn't even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world.

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.

You love someone, you've got to let something go.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

To say that atheism is not a religion is the equivalent of saying anarchy is not really a political creed

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.

Taking time for each other is the key for harmony in the home [and in marriage].

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.

We have no lesson to teach Russia if we concurrently roll out the red carpet to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and China.

Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.

I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.

This is the room where Jezebel frescoed her eyelids with history's tragic glitter

Don't just grab at the first thing that comes along. Know when to refuse something that won't get you anywhere