I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know.

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.

Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

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.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.