Of course I voted for him. He wasn't a politician; he was a craze.

If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.

There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that.

A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you're going and that's all you need.

I was spending a lot of time in trailers, you know, on film sets surrounded by film people.

It's just fantastic to go out and meet people in the world and get to really remote places.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life