I have seen worse things than ghosts, and if one were to appear to me, I should have so many questions to ask of it that it would have no time to groan and moan and shake its chains.

It's all very well to say beauty is under the skin, or in the eye of the beholder, but no-one would say no to being prettier if they had the chance, so it is all rot.

He is a Christian, and believes charity begins at home. And often it remains there.

Places ain't home. People is. Bricks and chairs is nothing.

That is the problem with being twelve. All the grown-ups think they have a right to know your business.

I had - along with my singing and dancing, I was very happy to be born in the hometown of Dylan Thomas. So the government was financing dramatic groups and amateur dramatics and stuff like that.

My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.

Telling the truth without sensitivity can be a form of abuse.

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.

Take short walks in the park down a happy trail.

I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.

It is better to be An old man's derling than a yong man's werling.

A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.

Optimists, by contrast, look for specific, limited, short-term explanations for bad events, and as a result, in the face of a setback, they’re more likely to pick themselves up and try again.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.