Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I'd try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed. It was like saying, 'This is the end.' I was more interested in what the hell was coming the next day or the next week.

Can we change the world? No, but hell, we can all try.

The current days of the Internet will soon be over.

I think everyone's against abortion.

Monopoly is a terrible thing, till you have it.

I was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case only two weeks ago.

Journalists should think of themselves as outside the Establishment, and owners can't be too worried about what they're told at their country clubs.