"Yesterday Mr (Robert) Maxwell called me a moth-eaten kangaroo. I haven't got to that stage."

"I'm a globalist."

"I was jealous of the Daily Telegraph … I'm disappointed that the editor of the Times didn't buy them when were offered them first."

"I don't care about public opinion. I care about what's right."

"Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the values of the narrow elite which controls it."