“Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under pu...” — Trevor Phillips Quote

“Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under public rules, for example child protection, then it has to go with public law. Institutions have to make a decision whether they want to do that or they don't want to do that.”

“It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.”

“I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.”

“Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. 'The Two Towers,' for example, ought never to be read in isolation.”

“I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Business Like Show Business,' but I'll be doing it in constantly changing 5/4, 7/4 and 11/4 time signatures. I've found a way to make that work.”

“I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,' for example - maybe that's gone. I would love to play Richard II.”