I Have Nothing Against Romanticism.

In The Street, People Talk To You About All Kinds Of Things, But By Far, The Most Number Of People Talk To Me About Love, Actually.

When You Are In Something That You're Proud Of And It's Funny And It's A Good Night Out And All Of Those Things, There's Nothing Quite Like It. The Rewards Are Proportionate To The Amount Of Alarm And Distress It Causes You.

I Used To Think That Prizes Were Damaging And Divisive, Until I Got One, And Now They Seem Sort Of Meaningful And Important.

Anti-semitism And Fascism Have A Long, Mysterious, Bewildering, Poisonous And Vile History And It's Not Exclusive To The Germans.

I Used To Joke That One Of The Reasons There Was A Lack Of Classical Work On My Cv Was Because I Couldn't Operate In Those Kinds Of Trousers. Which Is A Joke, But It's Actually Also True - If I Want To Appear In Public I Want To Look My Best. If I'm Onstage I Like To Do Contemporary Work, Largely Because Of The Trousers, Because Of The Clothes. I Like A Decent, What We Used To Call A Lounge Suit. Then I Can Start To Motor.