I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

I've been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As a result, I've often had a guide who's been able to show me things that you wouldn't see with a tour group.

Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.