A. E. Housman

And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

I've got a reputation for doing a certain type of film: lads' movies that glamorise violence. The more my reputation as a bad boy grows, the more my life moves away from that.

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.

My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.