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"I don't want to write serious plays . . . if by 'serious' they mean plays which are supposed to put the world to right. I can't anyway—I've never known what's wrong with it. I just enjoy telling a story. If I can move or excite an audience, or make them laugh—then I'm happy" (Sunday Express, September 27, 1953)

" 'I spoke to myself the words with which, in after life, I was to face any vital ordeal, 'This is an adventure in which must cooperate to the maximum every particle of body and brain and heart, but not so important as to make you feel faint and paralyze your powers—look up at the moon and the stars and feel your dry throat soften, for nothing is as important as that.' " (from George)

Movie quotes

• Evensong
  Sweet-talking George
  
• I, Claudius (from The Epic That Never Was)
  Caligula's sentence
  A haunting laugh
  "Down on your knees!"
• Jamaica Inn
  Harry sends "help"
  Harry secures the prisoners
• The Citadel
  Mr. Owen

• Hatter's Castle
  "Come dance"
  Sword and bubbles
  Grace under fire
  Dennis versus Brodie: the final showdown

• Major Barbara
  The philosophy of Bronterre O'Brien "Snobby" Price

• Three Husbands
  "Your dog, madam" (Williams waxes profound even with his mouth full)

• Another Man's Poison
  To Bette Davis: "What a d—!"

• Ivanhoe
  Wamba's quip

• I Accuse
  Zola's letter

• David Copperfield
  Aunt Betsy asks for Mr. Dick's advice
  Sound advice (short version)

• as Charles Dickens
  The Blimbers—excerpt from "Paul" from Dombey and Son
  Mr. Podsnap—excerpt from "Moving in Society" from Our Mutual Friend
  

• as Dylan Thomas
  Introduction from A Boy Growing Up (excerpt)
  "A Visit to America," Excerpt 1
  "A Visit to America," Excerpt 2

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