Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?

It's great to be back on terra cotta

Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now.

I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.

We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.

What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself.

Not many people in this world are as lucky as I've been. ... All this time I've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. You don't get any luckier in life than that.

No matter what time of year I come here, people always say the same thing: Its not usually like this.

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.

Winning a lottery may prove to be bad luck.

What did you do with memories, feelings, needs, that didn’t belong anywhere?

Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven't taken time to think deeply about them.

When I open a refrigerator door and the light goes on, I want to perform.

The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything

I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told.