“When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on y...” — Stephen Spender Quote

“When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.”

“There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.”

“When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.”

“In polo, you jump on a horse and you play. To play tennis, you have to train every day. It's your legs that do all the work. In polo, it's the horses' legs.”

“When I'm not working, I don't mix with actors, really. I have about two or three friends from theater school, and we call each other and meet. But in the main, no. I'm more happy with musicians or horse riders or sailors.”

“There's a few movies I wanted to do, and I didn't get to do them partly because they wanted me to be part of the horse and pony show, getting the money, and I'm just not doing that. There's a few movies that people wanted me to do, but they were too safe.”