Two great talkers will not travel far together.

I have had stalkers over the years. The police deal with it but it is very scary. One man kept turning up where we filmed 'Countdown in Leeds ' which was scary. It was sad as he'd been sectioned and thought I was talking to him through the TV.

Individual psychotherapy - that is engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient modest and a perceptive listener rather than a talker and advice-giver.

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans or women and men but between talkers and doers.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

People who know little are usually great talkers while men who know much say little.

A conversation is a dialogue not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.