You Don't Have To Be The Dalai

If You Are Leaping A Ravine, The Moment Of Takeoff Is A Bad Time For Considering Alternative Strategies... Do It In The 'closed' Mode. But The Moment The Action Is Over, Try To Return To The 'open' Mode... Because In That Mode We Are The Most Aware, Most Receptive, Most Creative, And Therefore At Our Most Intelligent.

Writing Is The Great Skill, The Creative Skill. The Acting Is More An Interpretative Skill. And The Thrill For Me Is The Moment When I Think Of Something. And Then The Challenge Is How To Get That Funny Idea To Work In Terms Of The Structure And That Kind Of Thing, Which Is - And That's What I Really Love Doing.

Your Mother Was A Hamster And You Father Smelled Of Elder Berries.

The Writing Is The Most Important Bit, And Performing It Is Just Closing The Circle Because I'm Less Likely To Screw It Up Than Anyone Else.

Naturally, People's Image Is Of A Performer, But The Reality Of It Is The Writing For Me Has Always Been The Most Important Thing And The Most Rewarding Thing.