“Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences.”

“To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as if nothing of consequence will happen. On the contrary, when we are playful… everything that happens is of consequence, for seriousness is a dread of the unpredictable outcome of open possibility. To be serious is to press for a specified conclusion. To be playful is to allow for unlimited possibility.”

“Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.”

“I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously."[Writer’s Digest Interview (Robert Jacobs, Writer’s Digest, February 1976)]”

“Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously”

“I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.”