In his lifetime the great French impressionist painter Corot painted 2000 canvases. Of that number, 3000 are in the United States.

The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes once met Moriarty and where this correspondent once shared an office with an 8-foot bathtub.

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

I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.

[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she's a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful.

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.