How very kind of her, ' I said. 'I must remember to send her a card.'I'd send her a card alright. It would be the Ace of Spades, and I'd mail it anonymously from somewhere other than Bishop's Lacey.

…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world.

A dead body is much more fascinating than a live one, and I have learned that most corpses tell better stories.

People tell you to believe in yourself for your whole life, then call you arrogant when you begin taking their advice.

I don't hate you. I love you and adore you because you are so innocent you don't know what you are doing.

I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.

That's my attitude on the military. I don't like telling the enemy what I'm doing.

The fruits of your labor will bare the fruits of your success.

Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not a musical person.

In times of recession there are massive opportunities and fortunes to be made, so for new up and coming entrepreneurs, this is the time to go and start a business.

You hear about those stories where a person is married to someone and they have another family - that's pretty much unforgivable!

My career is very easy to interpret. It's about working. I'm a working actor, so that's how I see myself.

The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.