Trevor McDonald

“I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.”

“I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.”

“To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.”

“I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.”

“Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.”

“I'm much more on the phone to Mr. Kevin Pietersen these days than anybody else I know.”

“I don't know what pressures there are these days.”

“I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.”

“The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.”

“How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?”

“I love living in London.”