I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.

I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism.

Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters.

I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.

The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me.

I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based.

I hate flying. My stomach churns at the mere thought of it.

I adore Madonna. She reinvents herself like no one else.

It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night.

Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won't be using long words.

I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't.

This is your first and final chance, your one and only biography.

I do have a reason for my insanity. I fear regret.

I've been failing for like ten or eleven years. When it turns it'll turn. Right now I'm just tryin' to squeeze through a very tight financial period get the movie out and put my things in order.

The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.

When doctors describe pain as experiencing "discomfort," it's like saying Hiroshima experienced "urban renewal".

I can move objects with my mind, if I use my hands.

Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics.

In the deep shadow of the porch A slender bind-weed springs, And climbs, like airy acrobat, The trellises, and swings And dances in the golden sun In fairy loops and rings.

My mom loved the book [My beloved world] and she said to me, 'I never knew you had done so much.'