M. F. K. Fisher

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.

There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.