“I am not interested in anything that does not have a genuine heart to it. You have got to have soul in the hole” - Singer and film-maker Nick Cave.

Jul 21 2008 by Our Correspondent, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

“I believe in ageing gracefully - and of course, buying as many anti-ageing creams as possible” - Sarah Jessica Parker, (pictured) of Sex and the City fame.

“Generally it is easier for men to keep writing when they get older than it is for women. I think it may have something to do with how men stay sexual for longer than women” - Writer Beryl Bainbridge.

“One of the noble baronesses actually said to me why don’t we put them in a mortuary and padlock them to the body overnight. I think that’s probably more than we need to do” - Home Office Minister Lord West of Spithead, on how to deal with knife attackers.