It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.

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.

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

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.

No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair.

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds.

Inconsistent professing Christians injure the Gospel more than the sneering critic or the heretic.

You know you are a sweet little heart breaker, foxy lady.

I read it plain on his face, an implacable determination to get at the truth. C.B. Greenfield had mounted his mental charger, and he had a second horse waiting for me.

You can't make a life over. Society wouldn't let you if you would.

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

Occasionally I'll just pull out a rifle and shoot one of my audience members. So far there have been no complaints filed.

How hard a thing 'twould be to please you all.