Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot
There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy.
A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.
In [man's] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he can never tell.
Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy, it often gives a temporary relief.
Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive".
The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble.
When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.
Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. 'In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal. . . one horse threw a shoe came in third. . . the duck was ninth. . . and five ran. '
I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.
There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.