Our Dreams quotes

I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.

Jonny Evans plays sort of international football with Northern Ireland

Basically I'm always looking for things. Any good photographer should always be looking for something, you know.

We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music

I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have fought and won.

I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started playing in groups I did a silly thing and dropped it. It's great if you can write things down.

The film industry is like Anne Robinsonalways on the look-out for a new face

He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.

Anyone who has a simplistic idea about the Middle East, or about the conflict, doesn't get it - because there are no simple answers. And anyone who is messianic, in a right-wing way or a left-wing way, is wrong too. The way forward is a kind of cautious, commonsense approach - a cautious, humble hope. No fantasies.

I'm not getting younger, so there's a commitment to the cause that one has to make