We've gotten to the point where everybody's got a right and nobody's got a responsibility.

When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.

Television is a vast wasteland.

What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree.

I'm a firm believer that every person, young or old, has at least one good story to tell.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement.

And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.

Just one Bush justice on the court means left-wingers might have to start actually winning votes for their wacky ideas; a prescription for liberal extinction.

The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.

Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

London is one of the most exciting cities in the world with so many fantastic pubs and restaurants. I would urge people to get out there and see as much as possible.

I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist.

It was the emotion I hated the most of all emotions, shame.

I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.