I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other.

I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling.

My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen.

I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book.

My wife has always supported me in my career, even when there were times when it was more sensible to get a job. It has been her confidence in me that has helped enormously.

It is security that I crave and money provides security. What is that old line about money? "Some is good, more is better and too much is just right."

I live in a perpetual present. I don't look back and I don't look forward. I just live from week to week.

I trust to luck. I am planning to be a millionaire before I die but I don't have a plan as to how that will happen.

I delivered leaflets for my dad and was paid £5 per thousand, which was slave labour.

Television came looking for me; it was never a plan to become a presenter.

It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight.

The modern man is usually in a hurry to get to a destination from which he will sooner or later suffer from and at times complain about boredom.

Goodness works in mysterious ways. Even in the deepest dark, you’ll find a light to shine your way through.

People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, 'cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.

Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it, Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee, Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it, Not to partake thy passion, my humility.

When people write to me with stories, they are never ones that work for me. There's something mysterious about which ones catch you.

Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse.

To repair the irreparable ravages of time.

Man does not see reality as it is, but only as he perceives it, and his perception may be mistaken or biased.

Content is fire. Social media is gasoline.

Before any movie of yours gets made, it will be vetted by the studio's marketing department. So, you do have to answer the question: Who is your movie for?