If the making of the series had one repeated phrase that still echoes in my head, it was not heard on the soundtrack; the inexorable voice of Lorna Pegram, the producer, muttering: 'It's a clever argument, Bob dear, but what are we supposed to be looking at?'

No original Gauguins were to be seen in Australia, for post-impressionism was officially thought to be the vulgar effusion of five-thumbed lunatics.

In the real world, mice do exist and they generally go about their business whether we see them or not.

With hindsight, one can perhaps see that unachievable projects were the right monuments to an ideal. Because they were not built, they could not be destroyed.

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.

[quoting her producer] 'The network is concerned. They're concerned about the fullness of your face. They think you're really overweight, and you're going to h…