What We Hold In Our Heads -

Change Begins With Understanding And Understanding Begins By Identifying Oneself With Another Person: In A Word, Empathy. The Arts Enable Us To Put Ourselves In The Minds, Eyes, Ears And Hearts Of Other Human Beings.

I Can't Think Of Anyone I Admire Who Isn't Fuelled By Self-doubt. It's An Essential Ingredient. It's The Grit In The Oyster.

I've Always Argued, Unsuccessfully, That There's No Point In Giving Money To The Arts Unless You Educate People In Them.

I Am Interested In The Gap Between What People Say And What They Think - The Undiscovered World Of People's Lives. Lives Of Quiet Desperation.

I Think The Collision Between The First And Third World Is Going To Become More And More Conspicuous. It's The Big Cliff That We've All Got To Climb.