You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.

If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.

It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.

Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is.

Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it!

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.