I suppose I should make a little apology to Cyndi - although I'm not taking the blame for this - because I was the one who did say Cyndi had won.

There's not enough silliness in the world. Eurovision helps to keep it balanced.

Don't start drinking before the fifth song.

Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.

Who knows what hellish future lies ahead? ... Actually, I do. I've seen the rehearsals.

I don't make the mistake of thinking it's a major musical event. I love the Eurovision Song Contest and it will continue long after I'm gone. Just please don't ask me to take it seriously.

The culture now in television is that the presenter calls the financial and, increasingly, the creative shots. It is comparable to what happened in Hollywood 15 or so years ago.

But they're laughing at you. They're not laughing with you.

Worried about a skin condition? Leap smartly into a bath of porridge.

A talk show is about having a look at a famous face, a bit of stand-up comedy, knockabout stuff - an interview is what Barbara Walters or Connie Chung does in the States, in-depth, done properly.

There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.

The fame of his likes circulates briskly but soon grows heavy and stale

So... are you also chasing butterflies?

There are no mistakes in life" he answered. "Just lessons. Make sure you learn from this one.

Build a brand or a brand will build you.

Time gives good advice.

We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.

Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.

Until my legs break off or I get paralyzed, I can play this way. It helps me be me.

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.

Just as a little bird cracks open the shell and flies out, we fly out of this shell, the shell of the body. We call that death, but strictly speaking, death is nothing but a change of form.