"I've been to Sarajevo a few times and have got to know a lot of people there who put on plays during the siege. I wan…"

"I've come to see through the course of my life that people understand what I've tried to do, however inadequately I d…"

"I never cared a bit for philology; my chief aim has been throughout to illustrate the social condition of the English…"

"This, in a way, would be exceeding odd And almost justify man’s ways to God— If, by the healing of these hills, the b…"

"[On the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election] I'll be totally honest, when I heard Andy Burnham wasn't being selected, …"

"Whether we're talking about the cost of living crisis, whether we're talking about the genocide in Gaza, or generally…"

"[On standing as a parliamentary candidate] I have lived in London for more than 20 years. As soon as a by-election co…"

"[On drug legalisation] I've actually never taken a drug in my life, or even drunk alcohol, but I still don’t sit here…"

"The Western is our genre in the United States of America. The English have Shakespeare, the French have Molière, the …"

"Sometimes what comes around the corner is better for you than what you're planning to do anyway."