If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do.

I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully.

Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money.

It's hard to appreciate the importance of the rainforest because it seems so far away, but it's vital to the survival of the planet as we know it.

I would like better colouration of my legs, like a little less of that English mottled purple thing that makes it necessary to wear tights all the time.

Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it.

I don't believe there's an afterlife - but I don't believe there's an end to life. Consciousness goes beyond the bounds of your body.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I'm in.

There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons.

It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world.

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.

It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.

Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Having a studio at home is like having a gym at home - sometimes you're just better off going out.

The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it.

Teach me to go to the country beyond words and beyond names.

I've never liked what's meant to be cool. I was asked to do Glastonbury the year before last actually, but I couldn't make it. I would have liked to, but I'm not really a festival man.

Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.