“I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my ...” — Ken Livingstone Quote

“I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my autobiography, 700 pages, organise everywhere I go. I'm paying the normal rate of tax on the money I take out for myself.”

“If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.”

“My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.”

“I love to sit and watch a bit of 'Cash in the Attic.'”

“I signed a boot contract thinking boots didn't matter that much for a goalie so long as they fitted. How wrong could I be? My boots gave me so much trouble I had to dig out an old Umbro pair I had stashed in the attic (being a horder has its benefits) and wear those instead.”

“'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world.”