Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.

I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer."

People like bonnets. I don't think you can under-estimate that.

I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car.

When you see two writers named on a movie, one of them did some drafts and got the boot.

Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.

I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.

As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry and try to avoid drinking myself to death."

I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.

I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.

Thinking Breeds Inventions and Innovations.

Divided we are as people but if we stand together and fight we as a race will unite.

A brand is a person that has a voice, evokes emotion and spreads a message.

Find the good, and praise it.

If you can cope the pride when winning, then you can confront despair when lose.

A lost road will remember your footsteps because someday you may want to return, tracing the way.

If I have enough money to eat I'm good.

The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.

Wrestlers in the U.S.A. are very aggressive. All they want to do is attack, but they'll make mistakes.

It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.