When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I have to say I like Edinburgh, but I'm not a big fan of the Festival - I like it but I'm… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
I'd done an Edinburgh show before, in 1981, called 'The Importance of Being Varnished' - I was in the pun trade at… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
When I used to do the Edinburgh Festival, there was a bunch of guys selling fresh oysters and I'd eat ten daily… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English. — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
Live now, live today - don't be bound by rules, live your own dream. — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
In my career, all my most important breaks have come from Edinburgh. Winning awards, being reviewed, bagging my BBCR4 series and the… — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
Edinburgh is where I started. A lot of the remixes I made were done in my room there, and it was a… — Kygo Copy Share Image
This might sound really foolish, but when I came to Edinburgh in 1988 I had spent nearly all my life living south… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Edinburgh is the most pressurised environment to do comedy. You get an hour. There's no compere. You'd better be on the money… — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
I love this city, so good to find shops on the same street. Unlike when I was living in Los Angeles you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“An exaltation of spirit lifted me, as it were, far above the earth and the sinful creatures crawling on its surface; and… — James Hogg Copy Share Image
Buy products of genuine lasting value from brands that take their manufacturing seriously. I have things that are 75 years old, like… — Patrick Grant Copy Share Image
At the art college in Edinburgh someone arranged for some London groups to come up and play. I was in a supporting… — Jamie Muir Copy Share Image
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
I once waited on Sean Connery. A long time ago. This was at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. They closed down the… — Tony D'Souza Copy Share Image
I didn't have the money to put myself through drama school, so I thought - naively - that if I wrote a… — Neil Jackson Copy Share Image
I'd always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about… — Bert Jansch Copy Share Image
Performers always come back from the Edinburgh festival with adventure stories. Watts told a few: meeting a young kilt maker who spent… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
The Duke of Edinburgh has perfected the art of saying hello and goodbye in the same handshake. — Jennie Bond Copy Share Image
