“...the trees are talking ravenese to each other. And the trees are no longer leaved but feathered, there is not bracken but fur underneath me. And everything is beating like Drake’s drum, bringing down the children of the Milky Way. The trees are bones now and thinking big thoughts like spasms through me. Some trees are covered in owl feathers some rook and sparrowhawk. Their roots are big, scaled claws. In the early morning I find I have something in me that wasn’t there before. Something is in me like a mineral, or splint of bison bone or a spirit light. It is these words: "Inhabit the time and genesis of your original home.” MythologyBards Book:Bardskull Source: Bardskull
“The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.” StoriesWake UpMythMythologyStorytellingMythsWaking UpMyth Telling Book:Snowy Tower Source: Snowy Tower
“I saw a ghost when I was staying at Dartington Hall in Devon in the 1960s. I think there are many different kinds of entities, some are scary and some aren't, it depends on the state of mind you're in when you are confronted. I found that quite scary because it appeared when I was asleep, so it was quite a shock, but the other ones I've encountered, I didn't find scary. I have a lot more understanding of them.” ThinkingMindKindDifferentStatesFoundUnderstandingSawsDependsScaryGhostShockStayingHallsState Of MindDifferent KindsEntity1960sDevon Author:Martin Shaw
“It would be nice to be a professional pilot. I'm an amateur pilot at the moment. I've got a lot of friends in the RAF and I don't think I've ever met a group of people who love their job as much as they do.” PeopleThinkingMomentsWould BeJobsNiceGroupsMetsPilotsBeing NiceLots Of FriendsRaf Author:Martin Shaw
“There have been two [career highlights]. Waking up in New York to hear I'd been nominated for Best Actor for a Tony Award on Broadway, for An Ideal Husband. The other one was waking up the morning after the opening night of A Man For All Seasons and reading the reviews.” MenHas BeensTwoNightReadingActorsCareersMorningNew YorkHusbandIdealsSeasonsWake UpOpeningAwardsReviewsWakingBroadwayHighlightsMorning AfterIdeal HusbandOpening Night Author:Martin Shaw
“I worked with Judi Dench in Cranford. She's not at all starry, she's very easy and funny to be around, but I had such an enormous respect and regard for her before I met her that I was quite starstruck.” EasyMetsRegardEnormous Author:Martin Shaw
“I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.” PeopleShowsLawLostSportsRetiredFootballerScottish Author:Martin Shaw
“Are there any celebs I'd like to meet? I'd love to meet the Dalai Lama.” LamaDalaiCelebs Author:Martin Shaw
“My very first professional job was with a theatre company in 1965 and the first job they gave me was literally shovelling sh*t. I was an assistant stage manager and they told me to clear out the prop store. I opened it up and no-one had been in there for 25 years and it was inches deep in rat sh*t. So before I could get anywhere I had to clear it up. I thought, 'All these years of training, the best drama school in the world, and this is what I'm doing.'” WorldYearsFirstsSchoolJobsCompanyClearStageDramaTrainingStoresTheatreManagersInchesRatsAssistantsPropsStage Managers Author:Martin Shaw
“The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.” IfsAbleSleepWorryUp Early Author:Martin Shaw
“It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.” PeopleThinkingI CanLyingActorsSoundUncomfortableLiarsPretentiousDon't LieI Don't LieGood Liar Author:Martin Shaw
“I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland.” LondonScotlandNorfolk Author:Martin Shaw
“I think to be a rich and successful person in Roman society would be pretty fabulous. They had all of the comforts we want now - central heating, baths, medicine. If I could choose not to indulge in all the things they did I don't agree with, then I could be perfectly comfortable without a mobile phone, computer or anything.” IfsThinkingWantPersonsWould BeSuccessfulRichComfortComfortableComputerAgreeMedicinePhonesIf I CouldFabulousBathsIndulgeMobileIndulge InMobile PhonesHeatingSuccessful Person Author:Martin Shaw
“I hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across.” CountryHateWorstStupidStandardsI HateSelfishDriving Author:Martin Shaw
“If you travel to the continent you never have any problems overtaking, this is the only country I know where the outside lane is congested and the two inner lanes are empty. It drives me crazy. I'm ashamed that is so typically British.” IfsKnowsTwoCountryProblemCrazyEmptyBritishAshamedContinentsLanesDrive Me CrazyOvertaking Author:Martin Shaw
“If someone opens a glorious Scotch or a bottle of wine, it's no more than a whimsy, but after nearly 40 years I'm used to it. I don't find it difficult not being drunk when other people are, but I get uncomfortable because they're uncomfortable with where I am.” PeopleIfsYearsUsedDifficultWineDrunkUncomfortableGloriousBottlesScotchBottles Of WineWhimsyBeing Drunk Author:Martin Shaw
“I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingI CanJobsCrossesStubbornOpinionated Author:Martin Shaw
“Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.” MeanAdviceInvolvedKillingVegetarianBest Advice Author:Martin Shaw
“I like watching DVDs, flying my plane, walking and going to my place in Scotland. I like yoga. It takes me a while to unwind, the subconscious parts of my mind take a while to catch up with the rest of me.” MindWalkingYogaFlyingPlanesTake MeSubconsciousScotlandOf My MindDvdsUnwind Author:Martin Shaw
“After a conversation with someone that went on all night, but I didn't take much persuading, and the next day I was a vegetarian. It came down to one question, can you be healthy without killing animals? If the answer is 'yes' then the only reason you're killing is because you like the taste. But you can't take a life just because you like its taste.” IfsReasonNightNextAnswersAnimalHealthyTasteConversationKillingVegetarianNext DayAll NightYou Like ItPersuadingKilling Animals Author:Martin Shaw
“If I won the lottery,I would love to buy an airfield and populate it with enthusiasts like myself, and old airplanes.” IfsAirplaneLottery Author:Martin Shaw
