“Whenever I'm in Edinburgh, which I visit often, I always try to hop on...” — Michael Portillo Quote

“Whenever I'm in Edinburgh, which I visit often, I always try to hop on a train to Kirkcaldy to visit the art gallery, where my grandfather was convenor for 36 years, to revisit the marvellous paintings from my childhood - as do other family members.”

“It's a dilemma for every modern parent - how to keep children safe on social media without monitoring their every post.”

“Television brings with it two dangerous hazards: the worship of celebrity and the blurring of reality and fantasy.”

“It's always a really great feeling when I talk to people who watched 'Jett Jackson' because we were the same age. We were all kids. I was 13 when I started working on that show, and that was part of my childhood.”

“It's true that I had a bucolic, truly peaceful childhood, growing up in a house next to our family's orchard. We had a lot of books and art, but no electricity until I was eight years old. Since then, I have seen a lot of inner-city life, though.”

“If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.”