For me it's not a question of whether we should intrude in family life, but how and when.

We are not accusing you of being illegal, we are accusing you of being immoral.

Migration is a feature of globalisation. You can’t stop it; so every time a political party says it is going to be tough on immigration, it fails to deliver and loses trust.

Members of the public would be forgiven for thinking that it is MPs who are lazy and that it is parliament that is failing to provide good value for money.

I found that things are always easier when I do them with love.

Nine times out of ten when you extend your arms to someone they will step in because basically they need precisely what you need.

I suppose it's too bad people can't be a little more consistent. But if they were, maybe they would stop being people.

His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers.

But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.

There are people who think contraception is immoral because the object of copulation is procreation. In a similar way there are people who think the only reason to read a book is to write a book.

The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me.

I love math. I have little secret number tattoos everywhere. I design them.

The threat of taking something away makes us appreciate it more.

I wasn't always this introverted.