We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent.

Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.

As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.

I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea whats going to happen.

My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.

We have Trumpist (ph) tendencies in Europe. Look up Marine Le Pen in France. Look at the Five Star Movement headed by a clown by profession, Beppe Grillo, in Italy.

Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.

Being a dumb is better than being a dummy

To sit down means to calm down without rush and fuss, stop and reflect, analyze all pros and cons, count all possible merits and faults

I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

Addiction struggle is believing you are separate from love. It took me a long time to glimpse that.

I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.

Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.

Nowhere but in France are people so strictly observant of great matters and so disdainfully indulgent about small ones.

True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it.

Perhaps love doesn't make the world go round, but it makes the bumpy ride worthwhile and provides a glorious destination.