Fiona Bruce

“I've been a journalist for too long to stop calling myself a journalist, and also when I'm doing 'Fake or Fortune?' I'm going through a rigorous investigation.”

“Question Time' had been on my fantasy bucket list for some time. Of all the jobs in broadcasting that's the job I knew I wanted to do.”

“My father was MD of Unilever, so we followed him around the world.”

“I'm very fortunate in the things I've done and I've worked really hard at them. It's always ultimately up to the viewers whether they like it or not.”

“Really, I've been at the BBC too long and have spent too much time out on the road to worry about being judged as a clothes horse.”

“I'd set out to Oman in search of luxury with culture and family-friendly adventure thrown in. And I found it.”

“I don't know anything about antiques. I do buy them now, but I have a little knowledge, and great enthusiasm.”

“Pudding is my favourite part of any meal and I always have one if I can manage it.”

“I am a simple soul.”

“My kids once said, 'What would you do if you hadn't got us?' I replied, 'I'd be more successful and I'd have more friends, but I wouldn't be as happy.'”

“The standards by which a woman's appearance is judged on the news are different to men, there's no question about that. Our clothes are different, for starters, they're much more varied, they're commented upon, there's no question about that. But do you have to be really good-looking? I don't think that's true.”

“If you're in people's living-rooms, via the television, it's what happens. You're more noticeable. But I'm not aware that anyone has said I pay a lower rate of tax. I don't. I pay my full share of tax, believe you me.”

“My father John taught me about hard work and the importance of manners.”

“I collect things called 'samplers' which are Victorian pieces of needlework usually done by children in a workhouse to show that they have a skill which can be used in service, stitching household linen or that kind of thing. I think they're very humble and very beautiful.”

“The BBC is a huge part of the nation's cultural life.”

“The atmosphere in the newsroom could be pretty poisonous. When I arrived, the people who worked on the 'Six' were sitting there slagging off what had gone out on the 'One.' I thought: 'What is this place? And what are you saying about me?'”

“I think having a healthy distrust of authority is a good thing, within certain parameters, obviously.”

“There's not much opportunity to learn to read the news. By and large, you either can or you can't do it pretty much straight away.”

“I'm all about the story. And the stories I remember tend to be the ones of sorrow, or family history, or revelation of the self.”

“I conquered my phobia of camping, although I doubt I'll be pitching my tent at a muddy festival any time soon.”