A biography for David Frosthasn’t been written yet.
“Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.”
“Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.”
“Vote Labor, and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative, and you can live in them.”
“The most important advice you can give anyone about to appear on TV is incredibly prosaic - be yourself.”
“Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.”
“If you don't have the smoking gun, then it's pointless to hector interviewees. Because you just shut people up instead of opening them up.”
“Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.”
“Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self.”
“Being upbeat is the key to life.”
“dont aom for success if u want it just do what u love n believe in and it wil come naturaly.”
“Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.”
“He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed.”
“You often see politicians who try to put on a different persona; they think they should be more jolly or serious. Invariably, the persona they choose is worse than their own.”
“Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.”