A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it.

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

The less concerned with aesthetics and usability these friends and family members are, the more easily they navigate sites and applications I can't make head nor hair of. Like the ex-girlfriend who mastered Ebay.

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

In a lot of my films, the biggest theme is family, making families out of those around you.

The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.