Don't tell me how to do my job. I don't come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.

Without arts programmes there's only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.

When you're eating something and someone asks 'Is that nice?' No it's really revolting - I always eat stuff I hate.

If you give people a chance, they shine.

If you haven't heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.

In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it's folded.

The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you're a zombie. And you're talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.