I Can Make The Best French Toast.

Many Years Ago I Sent An Old, Beloved Jacket To A Cleaner, The Sycamore Cleaners. It Was A Leather Jacket Covered In Guinness And Blood And Marmalade, One Of Those Jobs... And It Came Back With A Little Note Pinned To It, And On The Note It Said, 'it Distresses Us To Return Work Which Is Not Perfect.' So That Will Do For Me. That Can Go On My Tombstone.

What I Like Is Bottomless Flattery.

I'm Not Working-class: I Come From The Criminal Classes.

If You Can't Do Something Willingly And Joyfully, Then Don't Do It.

We Were Doing It Under The Most Extraordinary Circumstances, But The First Out Of The Tent In The Morning Would Be David Lean. He Said To Me On The Very First Day Of Shooting, Pete, This Is The Beginning Of A Great Adventure.