178 Quotes by Julian Fellowes

I never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it.

In my defence I can only say that her past, too, like mine, like everyone's in fact, was a locked box. Occasionally we allow people a peep, but generally only at the top level. The darker streams of our memories we negotiate alone.

One of the great injustices in fiction is that on the whole people with romantic yearnings have romantic faces. But in real life it's not always like that.

We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves.

Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.

Nothing is harder to dramatize than happiness.

Of course I love winning things; I can't tell you how much I enjoy it.

Every writer has to make an emotional journey from artist sitting in attic to being part of a business. The writer of a film is like Tinkerbell. You are only there because people believe in you. The moment they dont, because youre a pain the arse, youve lost.

If we don't respect the past, we'll find it harder to build a future.