There are some wonderful aspects to Christmas. It's magical. And each year, from at least November, well, September, well, if I'm honest, May, I look forward to it hugely.

Look in the mirror and say, 'There is none other like you and for that reason alone you are beautiful.

Live in hope. Because things do happen. Things do change. Worry really is futile. Don't fear the future. Dreams do come true.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

The things you have are a shared effort, Gods blessings and human strength. Give thanks for the blessings in all situations.

Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are

If you feel that . . . what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart. Most of the best people who ever lived weren't very famous either.

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them.

Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.

My fondness for extended monologue might have been encouraged by two decades of writing stage and radio dramas.

It's not the name they call you, it's the name you answer to.

Children have very little voice, and the coroner's inquest is about Luke's voice, and making sure Luke is heard and respected and honoured. I don't want him to have died in vain.