It's Like Playing Tennis, You

The Thing That Keeps You Grounded Is Doing The Thing You Love.

I Always Found The Extraordinary Loss Of Life In The First World War Very Moving. I Remember Learning About It As A Very Young Child, As An Eight- Or Nine-year-old, Asking My Teachers What Poppies Were For. Every Year The Teachers Would Suddenly Wear These Red Paper Flowers In Their Lapels, And I Would Say 'what Does That Mean?'

I Think, Actually, That It's A Really Fascinating Time In History Because The Development Of Modern Technology And The Photographs The Satellites Were Taking From Space Were Mapping The Earth In A New Way, Making Us Feel Like The Globe We Inhabit Is Much Smaller Than Previously Conceived Of, In The Human Mind.

The Best Revenge Against Bullies Is Absolutely, Resolutely, Never To Let Them Change Who You Are. Know That Whatever Bullies Say Or Do - It Comes From Their Weakness, Not Yours.

Stay Hungry, Stay Young, Stay Foolish, Stay Curious, And Above All, Stay Humble Because Just When You Think You Got All The Answers, Is The Moment When Some Bitter Twist Of Fate In The Universe Will Remind You That You Very Much Don't.