I'm a technophobe. I can't crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink.

I'm a cup of tea in a world of lattes.

The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.

The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.

Your money is like your willy, it only grows if you play with it

I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

It's never too early to panic.

I won't eat anything I can't spell or wouldn't tread in.

I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight.

You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.

You know, life fractures us all into little pieces. It harms us, but it's how we glue those fractures back together that make us stronger.

Chase a butterfly and you will discover the joys of wandering into uncharted trails.

The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.

When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.

We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.

I don't like to spend money when I'm traveling. I like to go places like Hawaii and not spend money. I splurge on time.

You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.

The search button on the browser no longer provides an objective search, but a commercial one.