The greatness of the object enabled my mind to support what my strengths of body was scarce equal to.

Irritability was an occupational disease. Intolerant and intolerable belong in the same category.

A great imperative imparts a wonderful impulse to the spirit.

These cumbersome vehicles were as convenient as if dinosaurs had survived to be used by cowboys for driving cattle

Clearly prize money received more serious attention than scurvy or signals.

Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own.

Extravagant sartorial display had a purpose. It created the impression of wealth and power on the opponent and pride in the wearer which has been lost sight of in our nervously egalitarian times.

Sometimes the most difficult thing to do is to believe in yourself, the reason it is so hard is because it is worth it.

. . . Kings, aristocrats, tyrants, whoever they be, are slaves rebelling against the sovereign of the earth, which is the human race, and against the legislator of the universe, which is n

To me, the most important thing is to wear something that I love and feel comfortable in, and Christmas is a great opportunity to get one of my old favourites out.

My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors.

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

We can plan a roadtrip or a workday down to the last detail but the unexpected will always arise. If we are not malleable, we will get left behind.

I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life.

I would say my work is anti-ironic.

I always get the better when I argue alone.