"But the standing toast
that pleased me most
Was, "The wind that blows,
the ship that goes,
And the lass that loves a sailor!"
Charles Dibdin
"Gibbon's style is detestable; but it is not the worst thing about him." Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
"Making a film is like going down a mine—once you've started you bid a metaphorical goodbye to the daylight and the outside world for the duration." John Schlesinger