Romesh Ranganathan Quotes

I still sleep with my baby blanket.

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.

Whatever it takes to make an individual feel better, I'm all for it.

One thing I wish I'd done differently in my career is insist on having friends or family on tour. I was really young when I travelled the world with Eternal, and I was always homesick.

I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat, but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare, but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

I sleep with my baby blanket, Kiki, that my nana made for me.

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.

I still have my Levi's jacket that I bought on the Portobello Road when I was 14, and it's like part of me, you know, it's got oils in it, and it's my comfort, security blanket or something.

There is nothing like home anywhere. There's no place like home, even in space.

My most prized possession is my pillow. I can't travel or sleep without it. And it's, like, this really thin down pillow that really doesn't do anything, but it's weird: if I don't have it, I'm constantly thinking about not having it.

I have the same blankie that I've had since childhood.

I get homesick - I could be in the sunniest place, but I need to see normality, and normal, for me, is London.

I wanted to feel at home so I've brought Yorkshire Tea Bags in my suitcase, as well as my slippers!

Hotels are nice and everything, but there's no place like home.

I miss the BBC when I'm away. I'm away so much that it's a pleasure just walking back through the door and sitting on the sofa to watch some rubbish TV.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

There's always something about home that's special.

If I'm in LA, I'm close to home, and that just brings up all these other things, good and bad. There is a reason why I am not there. That's what I have to remind myself of. But I'm healthier in California, probably a little happier, maybe. I forget how beautiful and calm California is. It's not so much about the place, but also the age that I came to the place and, well, other things. New York is hard.

I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else

Practice being kind to yourself in small, concrete ways. Look at your refrigerator. Are you feeding yourself nicely? Do you have socdks? An extra set of sheets? What about a new house plant? A thermos for the long drive to work? Allow yourself to pitch out some of your ragged clothes. You don't have to keep everything.

It’s hard to say goodbye to the place you’ve lived. It can be as hard as saying goodbye to a person.

One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening - the best piece of pie you have ever eaten in your life - and can never find again. After you leave home, you may find yourself feeling homesick, even if you have a new home that has nicer wallpaper and a more efficient dishwasher than the home in which you grew up.

I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods.