Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.

Water in swimming pools changes its look more than in any other form its colour can be man-made and its dancing rhythms reflect not only the sky but, because of its transparency, the depth of the water as well. If the water surface is almost still and there is a strong sun, then dancing lines with the colours of the spectrum appear everywhere.

West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.

I have got an iPad, what a joy! Van Gogh would have loved it, and he could have written his letters on it as well.

Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting.

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington.

Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.