Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.
I'm 37, I'm pretty fit and feel I have another eight years left - which means there's 32 Majors still to go at.
You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.
Golf is played between the ears and if you are not 100 percent focused on what you are trying to do, then people will go past you no matter who you are.
I'd been told there are 10 difficult holes and eight impossible ones. I'm still trying to work out which the 10 difficult holes are.
No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner.
I'm heavier, but with muscle rather than flab. It's a massive difference. It means I don't get as tired sometimes and it means that I'm hitting the ball a lot farther, about 15 yards more with my driver.
And for those of you who want to start any trouble, I have a zero tolerance policy. . . .
All my novels are rooted in their time and in their place.
My intention has been to encourage viewers to face their prejudices about prostitution, sex and aging while reflecting on the complex and varied forms that love and loneliness can take.
I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.