It's nice having a bear about the house.

Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There's something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere.

Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.

My daughter Karen was born in 1958, the year my first Paddington book came out, so she grew up with him.

As a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that.

I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.

From the very beginning, there was not the slightest doubt that Olga da Polga was the sort of guinea pig who would go places.

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.

The more attention Hillary Clinton gives to the country, the less people seem to like her.

There's enough hate in the world. I command you to love. And you have to make an effort.

We have to be able to ask questions in order to answer them.

Right and wrong were shades of meaning, not sides of a coin.

Russia ought to get Iran to back out of the proxy wars they are involved in.

I'm Santa Claus to these hoes without a reindeer.

I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence.

Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.