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The Focus And The Concentration And The Attention To Detail That Flying Takes Is A Kind Of Meditation. I Find It Restful And Engaging, And Other Things Slip Away.

My Ambition From The Very Beginning Was To Make A Good Part For Myself, Something Differently To What Lately I've Been Doing.

When I Met Scientists, I Found Them To Be As Various As Any Other Group Of People.

I Think I Did Have A Reputation For Being Grumpy. I Don't Think I'm Grumpy. I Have Opinions. I Have An Independent Vision. I Am A Purposeful Person. But On A Daily Basis, I Think I'm Other Than Grumpy. I Think It Is A Case Where I Am Coming To Do Business And Not There Just To Be Flattered And Cajoled And Used.

Failures Are Inevitable. Unfortunately, In Film They Live For Ever And They're 40 Ft Wide And 20 Ft High.