Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain.

I don't get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.

When people say to me don't the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don't realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a year it seems to take forever.

I am still working on patter and presentation.

I am 5ft 6in and weigh about 11 stone - about a stone overweight, but that's because of my brain.

For the first time in my life, my future was a blank page. It was perfect. And beyond scary.

My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?

You think football builds character. It does not. It reveals character.

You never stand beside the same river twice; you have to keep looking upstream.

I just love music generally. If you come to my house I always have music playing.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.

Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

There’s something really rich and powerful in not talking about what you need to talk about sometimes.