I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings.

Kickback is a police thriller which I wrote. I'm very proud of it. I did it in two parts for France because when I wrote it, there wasn't the audience demand for crime stuff that there is now.

It's absolutely of no importance who or what V was under the mask. He isn't a who or a what, he's an idea. The thing is, you couldn't continue it. Now and then the idea of a sequel has been raised, in vague forms, but I think it would be a bad idea. The story's finished.

I'm interested in how artists and writers do this, using art as therapy. Escaping into the worlds we create. We're all victims and few of us are truly free.

If this bloke's a Test match bowler, then my backside is a fire engine

Not badly, considering I was seated between Jesus Christ and Napoleon.

We have to reserve the right to bomb the niggers.