Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid.

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.

The success of a close friend is often wounding, especially if he has been poor for so long.

It was actually, 'Where ever there is television, there is poor old shagged out Tom Baker running across the rocks and punting down the river.'

Keepers of light carry invisible candles of hope, touching hearts and illuminating the souls of friends.

I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring.

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really.