A biography for Clive Andersonhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.”
“I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.”
“It is a bit frustrating. Things come and go in television. At the moment they've gone.”
“Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it's interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older people it's a legacy. And the act of planting a tree is not that difficult.”
“I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.”
“It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.”
“On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.”
“I think political correctness is a moving line.”
“I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.”