"The ease and pleasure of a long marriage is like gold dust. You feel fed and sustained and that you'..." — Richard E. Grant

I think I have a romantic idea of life; I certainly have a romantic outlook. I think. I hope.

I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally I have found it impossible to do so.

I was brought up to appreciate the here and now, and, knowing this is your only life, to view death as an inevitable and reassuring end.

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.