 Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. |
| Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now? |
| Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else. |
| We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off. |
| Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore. |
| If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging. |
| I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out. |
| Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key. |
| Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception. Topics: Children |
| I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none. |
| We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules. |
| Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching. |
| Life is generally something that happens elsewhere. |
| My films are about embarrassment. |
| I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control. |
