Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.

The strange thing about the English character is that they understate everything. It's considered bad form to comment on the food, money, romance, any of those things. So you underplay it.

The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.

I was producing a series about Sir Winston Churchill, about which I was extremely proud, and earning a lot of money as a producer.

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple of men.

I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.

I know the difference between the confection of live as sung in a minstrel's tale and the sustaining bread of love in reality, he defended himself. Both are to be savoured in their own way.

If you put your fears and doubts behind you, you would surely discover that you too have the seeds of greatness in you.

To persevere in one's duty and to be silent is the best answer to calumny.

I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.

Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating.

Arteriosclerosis can be considered a disease of protein intoxication.

Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming -- weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire?

The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

That's what you get for ignoring the beauty of Tupperware.