“Even Dickens, who did write about servants, made them almost cartoonis...” — Jean Marsh Quote

“Even Dickens, who did write about servants, made them almost cartoonish, so we concentrated on them, and we had various scenarios, synopses, and then we realized you can't only have downstairs people. There's a gap. You have to have who they serve, so I guess it just gradually grew into 'Downstairs, Upstairs.'”

“I just go where my instincts take me and my ideas just took me to film and television. Which is interesting, because I don't particularly like working in them as an actress.”

“I really don't like parties. I circle the room with a glass of water disguised as a gin and tonic - so that people don't keep insisting I have a 'proper drink' - and then I leave.”

“If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability.”

“As algorithms push humans out of the job market, wealth and power might become concentrated in the hands of the tiny elite that owns the all-powerful algorithms, creating unprecedented social and political inequality. Alternatively, the algorithms might themselves become the owners.”

“For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.”