I think there's a tendency for modern man to become dominated by gadgets and machines, taking us further and further away from the things I've been talking about.

Well the most successful of course was this Polypropylene chair.

I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true.

I think it's really important to use your hands and get close to materials. To be up close to real things like rain and mud; to have contact with nature.

Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone around them. They make difficulties out of opportunities.

If you look at my career, I kind of got progressively better and better and better. I came closer to the top.

I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.

I don't want to be one of those players who has a good career but couldn't get out of the first round.