I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.

God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. You can express the same thought, but to different people you have to use a different language. It's the same in religion.

I want to reaffirm, as king, my faith in the unity of Spain.

You know I don't really have faith in politicians - this is quite a sleazy business. But there is no law which says that all politicians will turn out to be scumbags.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm now in the business of making spiritual records and using my voice for that purpose. I'm not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation of Sinead O'Connor.