"I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis"

"Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed"

"It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom"

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

"Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks"

"London is a modern Babylon"

"I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way"

"The first song is called "London." It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime"

"I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?"

"In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul"

"I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time"