Gyles Brandreth

I think we don't celebrate talkers as much as we should.

And nobody talks for me more engagedly than you do.

Do you have a line in your head that comes back to you?

Of Oscar Wilde?

It could be Oscar Wilde or anybody else.

It's a favorite quotation.

You know, I'm not filled with favorites, to tell you the truth.

I'm too old to have one favorite.

That's very good.

Okay.

Well, you're one of my favorites.

Well, I appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Oh, how I loved that conversation with Fran Lebowitz.

I have to say, it's a great privilege being here in New York City and meeting the woman who in many ways epitomizes the New York voice.

And her dry, sardonic sense of humor is extraordinary.

I've been collecting quotes of Fran Lebowitz for quite a while, so I already knew her views about algebra and smoking.

And I remember because I'm a trustee of a charity called the Queen's Reading Room, which is Queen Camilla's charity for encouraging the joy of reading.

And we treasure a quote of Fran's that says, "'A book is not supposed to be a mirror.