The press mainly want to destroy a program by revealing what's coming up. For some reason, soaps like doing that.

I'd love to retire somewhere like Winchester, where you have one foot on the pavement but a sense of being in the country as well.

When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you.

To go to the White House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, the building is not that big.

I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl.

At 19, you know everything; by the time you're 40, you haven't got a clue.

I always try to look for the best in most places.

After World War II, the major estates really did collapse.

Everyone at some point in their lives feels excluded and misunderstood.

In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure.

A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas.

Trouble is you never knew her. Died too soon. It's always a pity when they die too soon, but maybe it's worse when they live too long.

I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you're really tired. It's my relaxing time.

Everything which one invents is true, be sure of it.

I'm afraid of animals.

I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

most crimes are connected to hunger. One hunger or another.

Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.

Corneille is to Shakespeare as a clipped hedge is to a forest.

To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.

Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.