"When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint."

“On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.”

“When you are working on a TV show or series, you just get into the routine. You get used to getting up early. It takes a few days, but once you are up and running, you get used to going home late, and it becomes this very repetitive cycle.”

Source : "Philip Glenister: My family values". Interview with Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. Janaury 6, 2012.

“Ive never had a celebrity crush! I dont believe in those, really. I feel like you have to get to know the person before you start to feel anything like that. People always think they know celebrities, but how can you when youve never met them?”

“We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end.”

Source : Owen D. Young, Gerard Swope (1930). “Selected Addresses of Owen D. Young, Chairman of Board of Directors, and Gerard Swope, President, General Electric Company”

“We are a nation at war - and we should act like it.”

“Every commercial covers different ground, different ideas, and it's my profession to direct and to tell stories - for me, it's very organic.”

“I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.”

“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”