“I’m working harder now than ever before. I couldn’t turn down the BBC job because I’ve never been offered the opportunity of killing three or four people on screen before!”

I had a financial page to write in the Mail on Sunday where Id give tips on shares. I worked there for two and a half years. Nothing compares to the burst of energy felt on a newsroom floor when a big story breaks.

I’d like to be a geneticist to be honest, but there are limits to what I can do now. For my dream to come true I’d have to be 20 years old again, heading off to a blue chip university.

Making money is pretty pointless and it needs constant attention.

The longer you wait, the harder it is to produce outstanding service.

If you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.

Carbon is probably a bit harder to wrap since it’s procedural.

Tranquility is like quicksilver. The harder you grab for it, the less likely you will grasp it.

Greed never allows you to think you have enough; it always destroys you by making you strive ever harder for more.

Don’t work harder than your competition, be your own competition.

I bet the pill is harder to get than drugs–which shows how screwed up this world really is!

It’s even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.