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

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.

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

Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.

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.

I've loved art for more than 30 years.