“I woke up one morning and realised that one of the problems with being a middle-…” — James May

Despite some of the stories that have gone around, I've never had a big, flouncey strop about how much I'm paid. Considering I have a pretty interesting life out of making telly, I'm really paid quite well for it. So I'm not complaining.

When it comes to watches, it's ironic that you can spend thousands on an exquisitely made mechanical watch, and yet it will be less accurate than a five-quid digital bought from a petrol station.

I do worry about breaking things - things that don't belong to me.

Watching people move to nice music is very pleasant.