"The people in Iraq lived essentially good lives. They had brilliant health and education systems. Saddam actually created an incredible infrastructure in a very difficult country, but they were a Mafia family. If you said anything against that regime or that family you would be killed instantly."

"I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay."

"I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now."

"You never know really what anyone thinks about you - that's why all my closest friends are ones I've had since my schooling days when I was 5. And I surround myself with people who I trust and who know me."

"No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry."

"My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it."

"Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose."

"When a father gives to his son, both laugh when a son gives to his father, both cry."