Spike Milligan

As I kept having episodes of depression, I realized that it was not a one-off: that I had, well, not a disease, really - more an illness.

My father was a soldier, which meant that he was a warrior, which meant that he was important. My mother rode a horse and sang in the Governor-General's band, so that made her important as well.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

I spend a lot of time on eBay buying vintage. I also really like Alexander Wang, Miu Miu, Vivienne Westwood, McQueen and Balmain.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.