“I didn’t think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.”

It’s easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

I’m not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory’s Girl would be number 4 on my list.

At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it’s certainly my home.

I’d made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

The studio system reminds me of the stock market.

I have no comfort left to offer you, no love I’m willing to give, I’ve learnt years ago that you will always ask for what you can’t return.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

The war on yourself, Never in total comfort or surrender. Chase your dreams daily. Margin for failure, success, A turning point so slender.

Look at me, comforting you with the words I wish someone spoke to me.

Loving memories last forever, I am at a loss for words during this sorrowful time. Please know that I am thinking of you and praying for peace and comfort.

Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.

Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.