Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.

Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.