Quotes from Sheila Hancock

I love computers. I think it's a miracle that you can type 'coffee stain' into a search engine and get a page of answers, but I don't like the viciousness of the Internet. It gives public voice to quite mad people.

My chin's too big. And my nose - my nose is funny.

Nobody has a completely happy life, unless you're completely imbecilic. Life is mostly pretty awful.

I have gained no wisdom at all in my old age, but that's the only message I have. It's down to you, ultimately. It really is.

I've got a great relationship with my oldest grandson because we go to political meetings and lectures, which I love.

When you lose someone you have two choices. You can stay stuck where you are or you can say, 'I am now on my own, my life has changed and I need to change the way I operate.'

Alcoholics are utterly dear one minute, but there is also a blanket hatred with which you cannot reason.

In some ways I'm quite strict - in terms of morality, honesty, things like that. And manners.

I would say that Beethoven's late string quartets are the nearest to God that we'll ever get.

I was struck during the Brexit debate by how little discussion there was about the origins of the concept of a united Europe.

Like Pinter and Orton, the writer, Clive Exton, catches the poetry of modern everyday speech, which, whether we like it or not, includes four-letter words used as verbs, nouns, adverbs and adjectives. But, God, is it difficult to learn.

You have to look for a new way of life. You have to turn your life around. It is up to you whether it is going to be viable.

I do think that people leave 'vibes' behind, and the best that I can hope is that I leave a few good vibes, as well as the bad ones.

I have never met anybody who can change their point of view as easily as me. It's profoundly embarrassing.

I'm just driven. It's kind of a disease. I'm not proud of it, but it comes from my parents. You work and you earn your money and only spend the money that you've earned.

I always find it a bit embarrassing when people sing 'Auld Lang Syne.' Nobody knows when it finishes, so it goes on and on.

When I think about the friends who've died, and sadly there's a lot of mine, there are certain people you can virtually see.

I would love to enjoy leisure, but I find it very difficult to sit down and do nothing.

I cannot pass by seeing a child shouted at, and people dropping litter. I'm terrible for intervening. There's nothing worse than busybodies like me. I should learn to mind my own business.

With cancer affecting one in three people, all of us will, at some point in our lives, experience it - either personally or through a loved one.

If you're creating a story, it's a lovely sort of secret thing going on in your head.

I wouldn't dream of giving any human being marks out of 10 on two hours' acquaintance.