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

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.

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

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

Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw.

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

I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.