"When people say to me don't the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don't realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a year it seems to take forever."

"You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like it."

"Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain."

"I don't particularly have any magical ambitions, but then, I never did. I just enjoyed the game."

"I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin."

"The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion."

"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."

"Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable."