I get to my desk at eight in the morning and I leave it at seven in the evening and I just work away. I'm a work machine. - Gyles Brandreth

After I lost my seat, Michelle [his wife] said, "Come on, you know when one door closes ... it is shut. What do you want to do now?" And that is when I thought, I want to do a musical.

One of the interesting things about writing a play is that when you've finished it you have to give it away.

I don't think people know actually what it's like to be an MP. MPs are cowed, they don't stand up for themselves, they don't tell you what hell it is. All that finger food. Photocalls at the old folks homes. MPs don't kiss babies because they want to!