Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways.

I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not have the baggage that comes from being part of a losing side.

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

In 2004, we had a great year, with Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Tim Bresnan, Luke Wright, Alistair Cook. Some groups are not quite as strong.

A lot of people have attained financial success in the negative and positive directions, but we are yet to see anyone achieve a happy life in the negative direction.

How many minutes will still die in the swamp of your illusion of being human?

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.

I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters.

'TableTop' is packed with gaming celebrities and independent game creators. This is a huge subculture that really doesn't have a vehicle to rally around or educate people with.

There are two kinds of cruises - pleasure and with children.

Turnin' nothin' into somethin' is God work, and you get nothin' without struggle and hard work

I guess the most interesting thing that people think is I'm English [because of The Mighty Boosh].

The consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else.