I seem to be failing in my intention to be as boring as I possibly can be for self-protection. Votes: 0
The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy. Votes: 0
I'm attracted to the past. Votes: 0
Other people's lives come at us without a backstory most of the time. The present is like that. Votes: 0
I'm good at being funny. Votes: 0
The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care! Votes: 0
I proudly tell people, 'I have no computer,' so as not to be ashamed of having no computer. Votes: 0
I don't think falling in love in Slovakia is much different from falling in love in Tunbridge Wells. Votes: 0
A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors. Votes: 0
I'm a very boring person. Votes: 0
Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little. Votes: 0
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. Votes: 0
Uncertainty is the normal state. Votes: 0
Death is the ultimate negative. Votes: 0
Consistency is all I ask! Votes: 0
Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging. Votes: 0
I feel overestimated. Votes: 0
I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism. Votes: 0
One doesn't want one's democracy to behave like a dictatorial or fascistic police. One doesn't. Votes: 0
I always loved rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0
I take every possible side. Votes: 0
A publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for ú50. And I said, 'Absolutely.' Votes: 0
An artist is the magician put among men to gratify - capriciously - their urge for immortality. Votes: 0
can only write about what bites you. Votes: 0
For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure. Votes: 0
Give us this day our daily mask. Votes: 0
I burn with no causes. Votes: 0
I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really. Votes: 0
I don't really have a system or set of principles. It's kind of common sense mixed up with instinct. Votes: 0
I doubt that art needed Ruskin any more than a moving train needs one of its passengers to shove it. Votes: 0
It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong. Votes: 0
I've never written an original piece for film; all the original things I've done are for the stage. Votes: 0
My mind gets into a verbal mode. Votes: 0
One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business. Votes: 0
Pirates could happen to anyone. Votes: 0
Save the gerund and screw the whale. Votes: 0
Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, "Oh, for God's sake, shut up." Votes: 0
Well, we'll know better next time. Votes: 0
When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone, on an empty shore. Votes: 0
Your opinions are your symptoms. Votes: 0