Food is important to me, but I wouldn't say that I'm a gourmet. I don't like tricksy food. Jonathan Dimbleby More Quotes by Jonathan Dimbleby More Quotes From Jonathan Dimbleby I hate flying. My stomach churns at the mere thought of it. Jonathan Dimbleby stomachflyinghate I adore Madonna. She reinvents herself like no one else. Jonathan Dimbleby adore I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat. Jonathan Dimbleby cuttingbattlebelieve I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism. Jonathan Dimbleby talkingtwoyears It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night. Jonathan Dimbleby nightlooksthinking Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters. Jonathan Dimbleby archivestwoyears I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly. Jonathan Dimbleby rangeclaimsenough Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won't be using long words. Jonathan Dimbleby andrewnameslong I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't. Jonathan Dimbleby rivalsrejoicefacts Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last weeks winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong. Jonathan Dimbleby issuesnewsmight I deplore the loss of arts on BBC One and Two. Jonathan Dimbleby losstwoart While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to be the truth about The Prince of Wales. Jonathan Dimbleby waleserrorswriting You have to be damn certain you're putting something better in its place. Jonathan Dimbleby umpirescertaindamn The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has a place in the market. Jonathan Dimbleby visionchallengesculture The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish. Jonathan Dimbleby rubbishproducewonderful The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me. Jonathan Dimbleby momentssoundthinking I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based. Jonathan Dimbleby sourcebiographiesexpectations Ever more people are alert to the challenge of global poverty and global warming. We know that solutions are at hand. We will not sleepwalk into catastrophe. We have the capacity to forsee and forestall, and I believe we will find the will to act Jonathan Dimbleby futurebelievehands I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how wonderful life can be on the one hand and how dreadful it can be for people on the other. You can't be happy in isolation. Jonathan Dimbleby be-happymy-lifeyoulife Travelling to make television programmes means I have some unusual food memories. In Pasto, Colombia, I was taken to a restaurant where I chose my meat for the evening from a cage of white rats. It tasted perfectly good - like rabbit. Jonathan Dimbleby goodeveningfoodmemories
