I still act. It's in my blood. I'll always be an actor..

That's where the money is, on the road..

No day in all my life had ever been as cruel as this one..

I love a good Dorothy L. Sayers..

Who do you serve? Do you serve somebody? I serve the poem, no one..

I never have anything to talk about..

What God originates, God orchestrates..

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible..

There is beauty in everything, Just not everybody sees it.

Swallows and Amazons for-ever!.

Some changes are so slow, you don't notice them, others are so fast, they don't notice you..

The right to die can so easily become the duty to die..

Euthanasia is a long, smooth-sounding word, and it conceals its danger as long, smooth words do, but the danger is there, nevertheless..

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning..

Whose life is it, anyway?.

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous..

Euthanasia" is an excellent and comforting word! I am grateful to whoever invented it..

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet..

I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me..

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again..

My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the sam….