I didn't much like Las Vegas. The noise of the place and the whole 24-hour, 'let's play the slot machines all night' culture of the place just left me cold.

My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.

I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.

I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.

It's ridiculous, but it's horrible going bald. Anyone who says it isn't is lying.

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

New Zealand is a place where you can get well.

I'd be a very easy therapist's subject.

I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.

I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks.

You can't imagine anything like nature as we know it without predators.

That's maybe the reason he does so many things so that he will not have to think .

You are full of potential. You are overflowing with creativity. There's nothing in your heart that you cannot accomplish.

Man is born of woman, he is flesh of her flesh and bone of her bone.

The need to congregate workers in offices will gradually diminish.

The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance - the feeling that we have enough to share.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough

I'd say I learned a lot. It's all about whether or not I can apply it.