"If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq"

"It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom"

"Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts"

"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting"

"Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity"

"London is a modern Babylon"

"Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait"

"I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way"

"The first song is called "London." It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime"

"I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?"

"You can't bomb a people just in case"