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I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

I learned life from some good teachers.

I've learned things about the craft of writing and about structuring a book and about character development and so on that I've just learned on the fly.

I learned to focus on what's real rather than imagined; on not letting feelings drive the bus; on being courageous and honest; on putting my total effort into something and not worrying about the result.

I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.

I learned how to handle myself in the kitchen - where to stand and how to be out of people's way and how to function like a machine.

I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.

I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.