Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock.

One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.

Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

Verbally, I'm quite fast on my feet. I could embarrass or anger most people if I wanted to.

Those with knowledge crave to become wiser, not powerful.

Big skirmishes over small misunderstanding make things bad in a relationship.

Success is a place in time, Don't be late

The worst kind of management seeks a single optimum, a one-scale index of efficiency, like the mindless scales of 1 to 10 for grading a woman's beauty or one to four stars for a movie's appeal.

People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling.

You who read me, are You sure of understanding my language?

The beliefs of Native people are no less powerful or important just because they focus on a different "form of magic."

Personally, I like a chocolate-colored sky, dark, dark chocolate.

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.

Go out and speak for the inarticulate and the submerged.