Quotes About Davies

Every time I wrote a school scene, I thought of that drama studio, because that's where I was a bit lost at sea.

Crucially, Davies lived in Prestwich, which often seems to be the only qualification needed to join Britain's most parochial band.

A bambiraptor is a savage baby dear.

The TV work is so dynamic. You are in front of the cameras, but you are also educating people and genuinely really excited about showing off your products.

Coming to Europe and winning the Champions League with a great club like Bayern is everything I can ask for.

Having me in the dining-room was almost the equivalent of having a Raeburn on the walls; I was classy, I was heavily varnished, and I offended nobody.

I saw no reason why hell should not have, so to speak, visible branch establishments throughout the earth, and I have visited quite a few of them since.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

Wilf: God bless the cactuses! The Doctor: That's cactI. Alien: And that's racist!

I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing.

When you think of Bolton you think of the likes of Kevin Davies. He is a captain who leads by example and his qualities got him an England cap.

Jonathan David has a lot of qualities, as you can tell in the Belgian league he's been scoring and assisting.

Tea! That's all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannin, just the thing for healing the synapses.

First of all it has never been the case that I have threatened people with expulsion or that I've threatened to throw people out of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

I definitely see this team, the Canadian national team, definitely fighting for a spot in the 2022 World Cup.

I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.

I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.

I remain, however, fairly optimistic for the future of period drama because it's just such a popular thing.

I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so they tend to be single dramas.

It is lost, lovely child, somewhere in the ragbag that I laughingly refer to as my memory.

You know, who would have thought a guy from Canada playing at a club like Bayern Munich and winning the Champions League? I never could have guessed it.

I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.

As soon as I get the chance, I'll be back spouting nonsense on the microphone.