J. B. Priestley

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.