I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book.

I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other.

I trust to luck. I am planning to be a millionaire before I die but I don't have a plan as to how that will happen.

It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight.

I worked on local papers, before taking a job as a webmaster with a very well known telecommunications company in London, as I thought the internet was the future.

My wife has always supported me in my career, even when there were times when it was more sensible to get a job. It has been her confidence in me that has helped enormously.

I'm wary of the new contactless ways of paying. The idea of paying with your phone is a little worrying: I have lost more than one over the years.