Sophie Thompson Quotes

I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers.

You know, I've never been a comic book person, just because that's not my gig and I don't have a television.

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.

I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening.

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

I like reading, going to the gym, hanging out with my family. That's it.

I am not one of those people who lives for work. I enjoy sculpting and photography and tennis and swimming. I simply do not have enough time. My life is not in control.

I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.

It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.

Being a writer is great, and being a parent is great, and I hate Marching Band.

My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.

When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked it so much that I ended up reading all thirteen of Ransome's books, including the ones that I missed out on. This led my son to 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Coral Island.'

I like to be with my friends and my family, listen to music and read books. Things like that relax me.

I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom.

Outside of my family and my work, I have two passions, both instilled in me by my father: golf and fishing.

I have two young children, and they both adore books. Reading together at bedtime is one of our favorite nightly rituals. 'Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site' by Sherri Duskey Rinker, 'The Giving Tree' by Shel Silverstein, and 'On The Night You Were Born' by Nancy Tillman are always on our list.

As for hobbies, I don't really read or watch TV.

I find I am growing fonder of gardening, listening to music and reading.

I spend as much time as I can in my garden, and if I'm not writing songs or gardening, I'm painting.

I am a husband, son and father, a reader, a traveller, a fan, and also a cook.

I've always loved to paint - I was studying to do an art degree when I was approached to become a model - and I've being doing some design work as well. I also love just having a quiet time, sitting in my little library at home in Brooklyn and reading or watching documentaries or listening to music.

My son Saif is an avid reader. He points me to books worth reading. I also must do the Indian Express crossword every morning, which is not too difficult and yet not too easy either.

Football has always been my number one thing, but I have other things in my life, like fashion, which is something that has always been in my family.

I keep myself busy, I read a lot, watch a lot of TV, and do a lot of gardening. I do stupid stuff and I love it.

Gardening and my culinary skills keep me busy.