“It's so hard to do the right thing with a pen and a piece of paper and...” — Sue Perkins Quote

“It's so hard to do the right thing with a pen and a piece of paper and a set of abstract thoughts.”

“A great conductor is an alchemical force: someone who can absorb the historical weight of a famous melody, the expectations of an audience, and the mercurial brilliance of a host of musicians, and shape them all to his or her interpretative ends.”

“My mum has recorded all my programmes and not watched one. My dad says he finds it embarrassing.”

“I never talk about my money! It is interesting how awkward it is to talk about it, even though I talk about it in the abstract every day.”

“Not all paintings are abstract; they're not all Jackson Pollock. There's value in a photograph of a man alone on a boat at sea, and there is value in painting of a man alone on a boat at sea. In the painting, the painting has more freedom to express an idea, more latitude in being able to elicit certain emotion.”

“The idea of being published was such an abstract thing in the beginning. It wasn't even an option in my mind.”