You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

I've seen the Pokémon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the First World War… I love it.

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.