Kate Adie

I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.

Romantically, in my head, I'm Rambo, but if someone's shouting at me, I get adrenalin shakes and go red. When I'm really low, I have a good cry.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.