Someone once bought me loads of clothes from a charity shop - and sent them to me in a black bin liner. That was weird. I went through it and it was full of bizarre outfits like Abba costumes.

You can't beat a nice glass of Chardonnay after a really long, hard day.

I love being in my kitchen. I'm quite a traditional cook, but I make a mean omelette. I'd like to open an omelette restaurant. Cheese and ham, chilli and mushroom, whatever you fancy, I'll rustle up.

I try to look on the sunny side of life. If something dramatic happens to me, I always try to recount it as a comedy tale, rather than a victim's story.

I'm far from perfect, but I don't think I'm ugly.

The low points are there for a good reason. I think they can teach you a life lesson.

I'd really like to find out if the queen burps or trumps.

I love standing under a steaming shower when I'm tired in the morning. I don't really get a chance for baths.

I talk too much when I'm nervous.

I'm a car freak, I never usually have one for more than a year before I change it.

We must believe in free will. We have no choice.

A Loveless Life is Like a Rudderless Ship Floating Uncontrollably in the Ocean of Life.

Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean....

Las Vegas, the most expensive toilet in the world that still can’t flush.

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live.

Wildness is not just the "preservation of the world," it is the world

I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.

Panic, not the task, is the enemy.

The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes.

I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.