When I was a child, my December weekends were spent making cards, decorating the tree, hanging the wreath and preparing brandy butter and peppermint creams.

From breathing techniques, muscle toning to overall flexibility and relaxation, my Pilates sessions have become something of a weekly necessity that keeps me fit, happy and energized.

There is no real need for decorations when throwing a barbecue party - let the summer garden, in all its vibrant and luscious splendour, speak for itself.

What is it with this American booty culture? It seems to me to be a form of obsession.

It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30, on account of your sister, brother in law and your bottom.

Entertaining on any scale can be stressful and daunting.

Turkeys are perfect for feeding larger gatherings.

I have finally perfected my signature. It took hours of practicing I decided early on just to write Pippa, not Middleton.

A batsman goes out and is then in until he gets out. This goes on until the last batsman is out, apart from one who is still in and therefore not out.

Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?

When hosting a party, move any clutter from the space where you're entertaining.

I can't promise to becalm, dignified, and indifferent, like a rock by the sea...If my heart's going to break, let it break from anger, grief, or

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

When I finish a job, I surrender it completely. I have to, because after that, it really is out of my hands.

The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do.

Writing is not the lottery. New writers have to be realistic about what it takes to get published. But there is one similarity to the lottery: You have to play to win.

If the world ends, I'll just head on down to Kentucky because they're always 20 years behind.

Oh, monsters are scared. That's why they're monsters.

No coffee shops or fog machines required [for church].

South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First World materialism with Third World squalor.

We are developing all sorts of technologies based on what we have learnt from birds, animals and soils. Pollination is worth £billions. But it also highlights how nature is so interconnected.