Inrealized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten letters--can be. In our throwaway era of quick phone calls, faxes, and email, it's all to easy never to find the time to write letters. That's a great pity--for historians and the rest of us.

I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.