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I Was Terribly Shy And Never Said Anything In Class. Then I Started Getting Into School Plays. When You've Got Words To Say, You've Got A Sort Of Armour.

My Job Involves Searching For 'lost' Quotations - That Is, Trying To Find Out Who Came Up With A Quotable Saying That Lingers In Someone's Mind And Which They Wish To Use For Their Own Purpose And Which They Cannot Find In Conventional Dictionaries Of Quotation.

I Was Broadcast-struck From An Early Age; I Had Saved Up For A Tape Recorder And Started Making Programmes.

People Will Say What They Want To Say, In The Way They Want To.

Democracy Is Too Good To Share With Just Anybody.