In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

Socialism isn't a dirty word; it just means sharing. Really, it's just the bureaucratic arm of Christianity.

I've always been a 'your parents have got to come up to the school' type of person. Even now, when I do something wrong - if I say something inappropriate on a live tv show, for example - I half expect to have to deliver a note to Barbara Brand: 'Please come up to Channel 4 head office, Russell's done something despicable.

Sometimes when we're incensed by the rancid tide of injustice, the impulse is to attack. We must avoid this. We have learned that violence as a means is always unsuccessful.

You shouldn't eat animals, it's mean to them.

No one shuts their laptop after looking at pornography and says, 'What a productive time I just spent connecting with the world!'

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.