Melvyn Bragg : (5)

" Control, like curiosity, can be an exterminator. " - Melvyn Bragg

" Few places on earth have been as affectionately alchemised into literature as the Lake District. " - Melvyn Bragg

" I don’t feel inferior in the slightest to anybody – or superior to anybody, let’s get that clear. But I do feel different. " - Melvyn Bragg

" I’ve been writing since I was 19. " - Melvyn Bragg

" Darwin talks about evolution, but he doesn’t say how it started. Maybe the sense of mystery will dissolve in the face of science, but I am not so sure. We are all described by the human genome, but it’s getting people nowhere. " - Melvyn Bragg