“ My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown. Simon Callow
“ Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it. Simon Callow
“ I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation. Simon Callow
“ To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination. Simon Callow
“ He very soon acquired the reputation of being the best public speaker of his time. He had taken pains to master the art, approaching it with scientific precision. On the morning of a day on which he w… Simon Callow
