I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

You can't always let people do their own thing.