Energy plus talent and you are a king, energy and no talent and you are still a prince, talent and no energy and you are a pauper

I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be?

But the thing I felt most strongly about, and put at the end of one of the prison diaries, was education.

we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.