Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come. – Theodor Adorno
Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. – Cat Stevens
I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. – Hugh Laurie
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 hed been sectioned and thought I was talking to him through the TV. – Carol Vorderman