The abuse of children is the worst offence that anybody can commit.

I cannot bear the language TV chefs use - they don't seem able to look at a plate of vegetables without accusing it of sexual activity.

I was walking across King's Cross station when a drunken Irishman came stumbling up and flung his arms around me. He wanted to thank me for the peace process in Northern Ireland.

My cat did that the other day when he came in from the garden.

I think the rest of the world will think we're made, and indeed we are. We've turned out the greatest Prime Minister in the post war years simply because of short term nerves.

In politics there is no right answer - and no final answer.

For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.

The instant you say All Quiet On The Western Front people remember that great 20th century classic book on war, a book about a school boy turned into a soldier overnight.

I stay on terra firma: the more firm, the less terror.

He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him.

To go where no man has gone before, follow the steps of Jesus.

The get over a bad break up just get a good hair cut.It really works

Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.

The more of heaven there is in our lives, the less of earth we shall covet.

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

It's quite clear if you look at the actors in film right now, some of them came from theater but they didn't come from musical theater. There's still a bit of a stigma attached to it I would say.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

Love is the essence of God.