My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian.

Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.

There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.

Across the board, people are looking at the problem, but simply not changing anywhere near fast enough.

I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian.

Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed horrific crimes.

You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.

Bleak House by Charles Dickens is my favourite book.

I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.

Whether you are a man or woman, make sure that you see the person that you are considering to build a relationship with for who they are, not what you want them to be.

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.

I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.

The times you impress me the most are the times when you don't try.

There is a huge gulf between the man who follows the conventions and laws of his country and the man who sets out to regiment them and to change them.

I have laid my cheek upon the earth and felt it my mother's bosom.

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.

There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor.