It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad.

The stubbornness of a weak man should never be underestimated. The weak tend to be very stubborn when they've decided on something.

In the 66 years that I have been alive, there has not been one hour, of one day, of one month, of one year, when there has not been a threat aimed at us.

On Foreign Secretary Robin Cook: If a man cannot keep a measly affair secret, what is he doing in charge of the Intelligence Service?

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The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.

As ever with modern Britain, we are let down by a vast, over-manned, over-funded, hidebound, obstructive, box-ticking and incompetent bureaucracy.

… Shannon’s fingers itched to smash the man in the face. Inside his head he kept telling himself, Keep cool, baby, absolutely cool.

Know what you are talking about.

Humour is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

God, I love John Cassavetes.

The more holy a man becomes, the more conscious he is of unholiness.

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them...

I'm desperate to have children. I am chomping at the bit. It's a problem. I can't imagine that I will not be a mother.

I'm a weirdo. I don't leave the house unless I have to.

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.