Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock.

Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.

One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.

Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

Verbally, I'm quite fast on my feet. I could embarrass or anger most people if I wanted to.

The sum of his life was a unique melody, hauntingly beautiful and powerful.

We are here on planet Earth to learn lessons and to grow in loving knowledge.

We spend more time asking what would Jesus do instead of what did Jesus do.

It's almost like putting armor on a woman. It's a very psychological way of dressing.

For me, it's always filmmaker and then character and then story. They're all equally important but if you don't have a great filmmaker, you will not have a great film unless you just get lucky.

Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.

You will go to the paper towns and never come back.

Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.

Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity.