Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened.

I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.

The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.

It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.

BBC Radio is a never-never land of broadcasting, a safe haven from commercial considerations, a honey pot for every scholar and every hare-brained nut to stick a finger into.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.