The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. |
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it |
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. |
There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever. |
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig. |
This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid. |
This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. |
TV has brought murder back into the home where it belongs. |
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. |
What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out |
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.' |
You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee. |
You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer. |