Trevor McDonald Quotes

I love living in London.

I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.

How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Life is so short, it seems careless not to use it all.

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.