I think there were times when, if circumstances had developed, I might have been tempted into politics. I am a fan of Tony Blair. I think Gordon Brown is a fine man, but I think he's headed for one hell of a bloody struggle.

If someone says they're going to ring me at 10 o'clock and it's 10 past and they haven't rung, I'm irritated.

If someone does something in an entertainment/pop ambience, that person becomes someone who has an impact on the conduct and attitude of a huge number of people who peripherally come in contact with them.

I never want to make the kind of film whose impact ends when the audience leaves the cinema.

It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again.

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

Bookstore operators tell us that the books which head the bestseller list are books on peace and happiness.

My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.