What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun….

Naturally enough when I was a young dancer, I was terribly anxious to get ahead, and to get ahead quickly. I was impatient with all those older peopl….

But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an op….

If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time..

I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or t….

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone..

The most brilliant actor that I have ever worked with. I've liked others very much more..

Everyone needs some time to themselves..

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not..

No matter how much we love our family and friends, a part of us needs the occasional moment of solitude as a plant needs water. It is the inmost core….

But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for..

But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning..