I know that I am very fortunate. I have the support of my family and friends, I do a job I enjoy and I have Catherine.

I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking.

When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. We ended up being friends for a while and that just sort of was a good foundation. Because I do generally believe now that being friends with one another is a massive advantage. And It just went from there.

The fish only knows that it lives in the water, after it is already on the river bank. Without our awareness of another world out there, it would never occur to us to change.

When I was trying to impress Kate, I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time.

I always remember having a healthy respect for my grandmother.

When I was younger and my parents used to always slap my hand if I was picking my nose or if I was running around screaming I was told to shut up.