In the absence of fear there is little faith.

One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.

I will die, but not retire.

I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.

There is nothing better than playing a scene with John Cleese or Maggie Smith. It's electric. But I don't think I'm the sort of person who needs to have an outer ego in order to produce something. I realised that through the travel programmes.

Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future

All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me.