It is largely on television and radio that real probing of what politicians are up to has to happen.

Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.

It is no good saying we [journalists] must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven.

The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It is not only bad - it is damaging, meretricious, seedy and cynical.

Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.

I'm grateful for the dark shadow that is constantly following me... It reminds me always of the Loving Light that shines upon my face.

Great things seem complex and cause the nations to rush towards the minor things that seem easy to reach, hence, they perish. And again my memory echoes…my people die for lack of knowledge.

According to Okonkwo, the British via its indirect rule system ensured that Africans saw their native leaders as the demons who betrayed their people. He called it a demonocracy

The moods of love are like the wind, And none knows whence or why they rise.

Many stroke survivors look back on their attack as a stroke of luck. Of course, by luck they mean horrible paralysis.

The first step in having any successful war is getting people to fight it.

I always go to bed thinking I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.