I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end.

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

I will die, but not retire.

You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.

[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules of competition which run our society, and the welfare state just keeps them alive. That's all.