The only break I ever took was to eat. That's all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food.

It's great to be back on terra cotta

Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now.

I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.

We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.

What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

The creative mind plays with the object it loves.

Life can get tough, but it's never impossible with a good attitude to your latitude.

In terms of my own behavior and activity, the funny thing about regrets and saying "I'm sorry," is that there's so much I would do differently and want to do differently moving forward.

If you have to choose one critical ingredient of success, it's passion.

The speeding toy cars produce in the viewer the stress of living in a dynamic, active and bustling 21st-century city.

Like pride, blind optimism may go before a fall.

Once a month, a woman turns from a beautiful flower into an angry hippopotamus.

I didn't study acting.

Memories - you can't escape them, but you can't let them rule you either.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!