Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.

I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.

I really try to understand what people are saying and answer as honestly as I can. But sometimes it's like they try to tie you into knots. That's why I mostly steer clear of the popular press. I try not to read . . . Well, I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.

But things don't necessarily have to be that expensive to be good. As long as they are expensive enough to last.

In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.

I think now it's a very odd time in politics. It should be mostly about good governing. We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.

I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.