My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.

Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.

I love the way my weight fluctuates in the newspapers. It was 18 stone and then people look at a bad picture of me and add a few more stone on. I think the highest was 22 stone.

The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.

I've spent lots of time in London, I studied in London, I like London. It's just not my home.

I use very few muscles at the best of times.

Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things.