In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed than for those who deny the whole of it.

To those who have exhausted politics nothing remains but abstract thought.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

My father had wanted to name me for Dylan Thomas. He had seen him speak on one of those drunken poetry tours he did.

The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don't go to a war and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. It's always so.

We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other.

I'm hopefully touring with Colin Baker next year in Perfect Strangers. I have performed with Sylvia Simms in poetry and music evenings. I would love to do those for the rest of my career - they are so fun and witty.