I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opportunities.

The adventures of the boy who doesn't want to grow up has universal appeal. We all want to keep something of the child in us.

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty.

The prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

When good Americans die, they go to Paris.

We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

I say I don't sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I don't sleep with happily married men.

If you purchased the latest Joss Stone CD, what you're saying is that you're an employee of VH1.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.

Adele is great because she promotes the idea of being happy as you are.

We cannot help living in history. We can only fail to be aware of it.

My prophecy is but half his journey yet, For yonder walls, that pertly front your town, Yon towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds, Must kiss their own feet.