I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.

- Trevor Mcdonald

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

- Trevor Mcdonald

I love living in London.

- Trevor Mcdonald

How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?

- Trevor Mcdonald

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.

- Trevor Mcdonald

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

- Trevor Mcdonald

Life is so short, it seems careless not to use it all.

- Trevor Mcdonald

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

- Trevor Mcdonald

To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.

- Trevor Mcdonald