Dialogue is character and character is plot.

Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government.

I thought men like that shot themselves.

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

Is it possible that my people live in such awful conditions? I tell you, Mr Wheatley, that if I had to live in conditions like that I would be a revolutionary myself.

Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance.

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien.

Golf always makes me so damned angry.

No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.

The only thing limiting your aspiration is your imagination.

Don't waste time defending your intentions. History will judge you by the outcomes of your actions

I really want to punch you right now. Maybe even break your nose.” She rolled her eyes upward, seeking calm. “But I won’t because I like this dress.

Make every misadventure an adventure.

Just existing is where a lot of living happens.

Pick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you'll regret the day, When you took a mouse thief and locked him away, Silly cat, look at that, it's two for one, A thief and a warrior, by dawn will be gone.

The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation.

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

How frugal is the chariot that bears a human soul.

Follow the argument wherever it leads.