I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.

I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.

I remember being in China and realising how irrelevant not even Britain is, but also Europe. We're just another remote country that hardly impinges on some places at all.

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television. It doesn't do you any favours in terms of showing you what you look like and what your emotions are.

I like being forced to think about things in a different way.

If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.