There are plenty of miserable millionaires all over the place.

I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job.

The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.

When I was very young in London, I had a bank account, which didn't have a great deal in it. I should think at least every three months the bank manager would call me up and threaten to strangle me because I had no money, and I was writing checks.

I'm not an extreme tree-hugger. I do believe trees grow and are a useful agricultural product that can be harvested without damaging the ecology and wildlife.

We need to stand as a nation, a state, a community to protect wildlife and wild places for our children.

We must recognize that Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to climate change, natural disasters, and external shocks.

I've often been asked what drives me, particularly through the last 50 years of abuse, and ridicule. What has kept me going is one word - care. I care enough about the land, the wildlife, people, the future of humanity. If you care enough, you will do whatever you have to do, no matter what the opposition.