Harsh Reality Is Always Better Than False

School Visits Are Something I Do Fairly Often: I Always Say To The Students That Somebody Has Got To End Up With The Interesting Careers, So Why Not Them?

One Of The Great Injustices In Fiction Is That On The Whole People With Romantic Yearnings Have Romantic Faces. But In Real Life It's Not Always Like That.

Lawyers Are Always Confident Before The Verdict. It's Only After That They Share Their Doubts.

Maggie Smith Has A Unique Sense Of Comedy, Based On A Somewhat Ironic View Of Real Life, Making It Both Funnier And More Sad. But Perhaps Her Greatest Ability, Or At Least The One That Most Intrigues Me, Is How She Can Convey Deep And Powerful Emotion Without A Trace Of Sentimentality.

There Are Many Nations That Have Perfected A Particular Room. You Know, You Have The French Drawing-room, The Austrian Ball Room, The German Dining Room, And I Think The Library Is A Room The English Get Right.