Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.
I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.
If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.
You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it.
It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.
Do be kind to yourself. Fill pages as quickly as possible; double space, or write on every second line. Regard every new page as a small triumph. Until you get to page 50. Then calm down, and start worrying about the quality. Do feel anxiety - it's the job.
Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.
I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other.
I could dance with you till the cows come home. Better still, I'll dance with the cows and you come home. " Groucho Marx was never one to pass up an opportunity for a play on words and this occurs in his dialogue of the 1933 film Duck Soup.
The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.
Making the decision to do more serious work raises eyebrows. It's less easy for the industry to deal with.