Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.

Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in Britain, but my wife and I love him all the same.

I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look into your mind, can I?

I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world.

The beauty of the Internet is that there's no space limit.

The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.

About 90 percent of what's out there in cyberspace is hearsay - or lies - and opinion, often misinformed opinion, and it's all repeated over and over again.