If somebody can act out one of the books as a play, if they can see a play, film, or television show that's related, that can be so stimulating for them. Anything that makes children engage and think - and love what the story is about - can only bring the most enormous rewards.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

Be a part of all that is decent and be an ambassador for the kind of world that you want to live in.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about.