With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me.
The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory.
You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.
I wish people would take more care of the countryside.
With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.