Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.
When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous.
Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.
I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault.
Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.
Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare.
I wrote as a very angry young man, believing he was going to be killed in a world war.
The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.
Mrs. X: Henry, may I speak to you a minute? Over here. Did you and Mary have sexual intercourse? Henry Spencer: [stammering] Why? Mrs. X: Did you? Henry Spencer: Why are you asking me this question? Mrs. X: I have a very good reason, and now I want y...
Bill: He'll accept you as his student. The Bride: Caught him in a good mood, aye? Bill: More like a sadistic one. Just seeing those steps again makes me ache. You're gonna have plenty of fun carrying buckets of water up and down that fucker. The Brid...
Ted Kramer: [while Billy brings ice cream to the table] You go right back and put that right back until you finish your dinner... I'm warning you, you take one bite out of that and you are in big trouble. Don't... Hey! Don't you dare... Don't you DAR...
At first, I didn’t understand. Understanding came very slowly.
It is a very strange thing, to be in love. It changes you.
Time makes very little difference to the basic realities of life
[A] planet, wholly inhabited by spiders, (which is very possible)
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails.
What you fear most of all is —fear. Very wise...
