We undervalue food in this country, yet Britain has beautiful food and beautiful growing conditions. It is astonishing the range we can grow.

My basic philosophy is never do anything with the word 'celebrity' attached to it. Without being overly pompous, if you have worked hard to have an audience trust you a bit, why blow it? That is my currency.

The horticultural industry is unimaginative and dominated by vast, supermarket-like outlets. But the small nurseries and growers remain - praise them with your wallets, not your memories.

A healthy plant is one that adapts best to the situation in which it finds itself. There is no objective measure of this.

As you get older, the cliches of life ring true. It's the simple things that matter most: your family, the people you love, your health and sanity.

I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family.

If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me.

Anna Deavere Smith's new one-woman show bills itself as being about health care, but the truth is that 'Let Me Down Easy' is mostly about the grimmer subject of death and dying.