It was always my ambition to be on the cover of a free gay magazine.

Liverpool and London are two places I looked upon as home.

I've turned my back on fancy parties and red carpets. I'm a writer, and if I did that, I'd never get anything done.

This bloke in Rome once took his camera off and cracked me round the head with it, and I'm bleeding. He was a bit bigger than me, the Italian photographer, but I thought, 'I can't back down now,' so I sort of squared up to him. Luckily, my mate jumped round and bit him on the neck.

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.

I make money because I have to pay for everything apart from my school fees. My mother even makes me pay my own telephone bill.

Federal policy should not block those who are prepared to risk their own wealth to create an enormous energy export industry here in America.

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.