“I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he ...” — Sarah Fielding Quote

“I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great remains of his love, to choose the mildest sentence.”

“The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.”

“If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.”

“I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting, I take to the pen, and I write something I want to direct. And then, when I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director, I then look for an acting gig. And I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.”

“It's a bit of a history lesson, being an actor. I was in 'Burnt By The Sun' at the National, which was set in Stalinist Russia, so I discovered all about that. You learn so much as you go along.”