"There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much."

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Source : Newsweek, March 25, 1979.

Alan Ayckbourn

“If I'm doing something, I tend to do it in a concentrated way.”

Source : "Donatella & Allegra". Interview with Merle Ginsberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 28, 2007.
“A childhood without books â€“ that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.”
“To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.”
“The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.”
“Every little obstacle-every fall you have-is an opportunity.”
“Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.”
“In the acting world, you can really only become good by practicing and doing it, and I just think every time you walk onto a set you just become better and better. I think I'm in a totally different space than I was back then on that first movie set.”

Source : "Next Factor Q&A: 'Think like a man' Star Terrence J" by Jade Leach, www.mtv.com. April 23, 2012.
“It takes a year, nephew... a full turn of the calendar, to get over losing someone.”

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