September is my favourite month, particularly in Cornwall. I felt, even as a child, that if you get a wonderful day in September, you think: 'This could be one of the last, the summer is nearly over.' If you get a wonderful day in May, you think: 'So what, there's more coming.'

I think failure is the best thing for some people. It tells you whether you're in the right job or the wrong one.

In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has done it before.

I am sure if you went back to the days of 'My Fair Lady,' they would have had one public dress rehearsal, and that is it. And in a way, I would like to go back to that.

Technology is now part of the social fabric; it is what is causing dislocation. It is the cause of fear amongst all of us.

Becoming an effective security professional requires more than knowing how to deploy and configure technology. It requires combining security theory with practical, hands-on experience.

Why give chemotherapy or even antibiotics to people with end-stage Alzheimer's disease? Keep them pain free and clean, love them but don't automatically try to get the last technology-produced breath from them. Start a preschool program instead or do something about the atrocious state of obesity in our children.

I don't have social media, and I'm not, I guess, that adept at being on the Internet.