When I'm in Italy on a Friday night, my first supper there is a big bowl of fresh pasta and a glass of local wine, sitting outside. There's nothing better.

Gardening is, apart from having children, the most rewarding thing in life

Be kind to your garden and be gentle on your back!

I am partly to blame for the decking boom, and I am sorry, I know it?s everywhere these days.

Don't overdo the booze especially while flying - just because it's there doesn't mean you need to drink it. Everything in moderation.

I never get bored of my wife. It's lovely.

I've covered a lot of the British countryside and the UK from top to bottom and side to side. It's such a pity more people don't appreciate what's on their doorstep.

Depends on the evening. A good red wine is nice in cold weather. A Claret or a Rioja. I've got a good gin we make from damson plums. And you can't beat a glass of champagne every now and again.

I'm a big fan of the Queen. She carries herself well, as does the Prince of Wales, despite getting lots of stick.

I get nice letters, but really I have no idea. I just try to enthuse people. You've been married for 31 years.

People think cruises are for old folk, but they are amazing, as you get to see so many places, and you're never stuck as you're docked in a different port every day.

This story was a story of our time. And a writer's attempts not to fathom his time amount but to sounding his mind in it.

Therefore, let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.

I'm always thinking about whatever game I'm working on. My brain works subconsciously on design pretty much every hour I'm awake.

I've got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot, success is my only option, failure's not.

The doctrine that man is infinitely tough and resourceful and not easily cheated of his freedom to sin.

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

God ever geometrizes.

I'm the most dangerous unarmed women in the world, I've prepared my entire life to be that way.

What about you?" "Not a clue. I keep wishing I could bake a cake or something.