"I was a Labour luvvie, with Blair. I wasn't really a party member." — Maureen Lipman

People in power need advisers.

A lot of us, it's very hard to distinguish between wanting a job and wanting to show off. I don't know the difference, I never have.

I'm full of ideas and general crackling chemistry and I can read the 'score' of a comedy as though it's a musical score.

I've often unwittingly done the wrong thing; most things you mess up in life you do through nerves.