Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.

I can't think of a bigger waste of police time than chasing somebody who has said something offensive on Twitter.

There are a handful of barbecue seafood shacks on the beach at Hat Nai Yang, which is a fabulous place to have dinner. It's very much run for locals and they serve the catch of the day, which might be lobster, white snapper or squid. It's ridiculously reasonable, too.

I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families.

to love means to realize there is a time to let the beloved one go

You have to give kids from ordinary families a ladder. You have to show them there's a way out.

When you are a journalist in the music business, as I was, you end up dying or going to the gym - I chose the gym.