Children give life a reason to be - they make life.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.

The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.

I can't do most things, if I'm honest, but cooking I definitely can't do.

I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them.

The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.