'I crave dullness and routine. That's when I work best. What I would really like is a fairly long period of imprisonment, in a reasonably comfortable prison with a good library.' Best-selling writer Philip Pullman
'I don't like men, and I hate manly men. If I was a woman I'd be a lesbian.'
Photographer David Bailey
'You'd have to be pretty special to be able to cheapen TV any further. I can't take credit for that. It's like finding a way of making the sun hotter.'
US chat show host Jerry Springer in the week that Jerry Springer - the Opera, transfers to London's West End
'The early bird may catch the worm. But it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.'
Jeremy Paxman
'Naturally I don't recognise myself as I'm presented as a hectoring, unpleasant, bullying thug of an interviewer, which is very far from the truth.'
John Humphrys, who plays himself in a new radio parody by Craig Brown
'I'd just like to let people know that she is very happy here. There are no problems in our marriage. Because she works, that is why she is not here every day.'
David Beckham speaking about his wife, Victoria, disputing press rumours there are problems in their marriage
'I'm very proud of being childless. It's my contribution to world ecology.'
Dame Helen Mirren, actress
'No bystanders, no snipers from the sidelines. Every one of us a fully engaged participant in the great battle of hearts and minds and ideas.'
Michael Howard, newly appointed Tory leader, outlining his vision for the Conservative Party
'I did my best to be a bloke, because you have to be a bloke if you want to live in Australia. But I'm not really a bloke, you know. I'm a very interior person.'
Actor Russell Crowe on how he had to overcome his fear of heights and water for his latest role
'Men who are with women that are much younger than them are afraid of serious normal discussions.'
Britt Ekland speaking of former lover Rod Stewart
'It always amazes me that reviewers expect characters in novels to converse in prose worthy of Austen or Tolstoy. Nobody in real life does. Not even fearsomely bright chaps like Oliver Letwin.'
Ann Widdecombe, writing in the Guardian that Iain Duncan Smith's new book is cliche-ridden
'The sex war has been going on for 5,000 years and there is no ceasefire in sight. So could we not start to think about a truce? And the only way that's going to happen is for men to start negotiating the terms for surrender.'
Best-selling writer Kathy Lette.
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