We have descended into the garden and caught three hundred slugs. How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike. – Evelyn Underhill, Letters
Today I had set aside for spading. Now there is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp. You turn a spade full and then carefully knock all the lumps to pieces and you go on for hours without thinking about anything. – John Steinbeck, letter to Kate Beswick
Theres no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say Dont you think it would look nicer…, that directors going to hate your guts. Particularly if its a good idea. – Peter Mullan