People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: "However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlier source will be pointed out to you."

I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.