Latest Alan Titchmarsh Quotes from Interviews

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• Airports - they're not my idea of fun at all. Some of the staff are lovely, but you do always get one or two that seem to forget that it's actually costing you a lot of money to be there and be insulted by their surliness. Times have obviously changed and we need to get used to being more strictly vetted, but they could be more pleasant about it. A smile wouldn't go amiss.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Fun, Airports, Ideas

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• Always take much less than you think you'll need.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Thinking, Needs

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• Don't overdo the booze especially while flying - just because it's there doesn't mean you need to drink it. Everything in moderation.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Mean, Flying, Needs

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• When I'm in Italy on a Friday night, my first supper there is a big bowl of fresh pasta and a glass of local wine, sitting outside. There's nothing better.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Friday, Wine, Night

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• I love Paris for its wide boulevards and cafes, and Rome for the ancient history, as seen at the Forum.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Rome, Paris, Cafes

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• I've covered a lot of the British countryside and the UK from top to bottom and side to side. It's such a pity more people don't appreciate what's on their doorstep.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  People, Appreciate, Sides

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• My wife and I always have a winter holiday that I call the "fly and flop". In January and February, you don't want culture, you just want to get your bones warm and eat, drink, sleep. We usually go to the Caribbean.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Holiday, Sleep, Winter

  "Alan Titchmarsh: 'I went white-water rafting in Costa Rica... I'm just thankful I stayed afloat'". Interview with Sarah Ewing, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 10, 2016.

• Depends on the evening. A good red wine is nice in cold weather. A Claret or a Rioja. I've got a good gin we make from damson plums. And you can't beat a glass of champagne every now and again.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Nice, Wine, Glasses

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I don't spend much on clothes. I buy old books. I tell myself I ought to save - it's the classic Northern work ethic. I like good holidays, though. I'm a big fan of cruises. I love unpacking once and having the scenery change every day.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Book, Holiday, Clothes

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• People think cruises are for old folk, but they are amazing, as you get to see so many places, and you're never stuck as you're docked in a different port every day.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Thinking, People, Different

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• Once I was on a plane and a woman said to me, 'Now, what's the matter with my tomatoes?' And I said, 'Well, it's a bit difficult to see from here.' She took offence and said, 'I was only trying to be friendly.'

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Trying, Friendly, Tomatoes

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• Alan Bennett and Judi Dench are amazingly talented people who don't let you down when you meet them.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  People

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• You hope people won't be tricky or miserable. If you're in public life, it's important not to be. If someone says, 'I like your programme, thank you,' you should be grateful. I am. Why be nasty?

  Alan Titchmarsh

  I Like You, Grateful, People

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• Julia Roberts was really rather lovely. I had to interview her on Pebble Mill At One years ago. You learn not to be starstruck if you're trying to get a decent interview out of someone. If you fall apart it's counter productive.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Fall, Years, Lovely

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I'm a big fan of the Queen. She carries herself well, as does the Prince of Wales, despite getting lots of stick.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Queens, Fans, Doe

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• At school I was called Fred, which is my middle name. At that time, Fred was considered to be a bit of a horrible name, so that's why. Otherwise, I was called Titchy because I was little. I was still only about 4ft something when I left school. I grew a foot under glass in my first year as a gardener. It's really quite amazing what sun and manure can do.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  School, Glasses, Years

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I had the heaviest paper round in Ilkley, West Yorks, and if you look at my shoulders one is still lower than the other. I also did a milk round for a day. It was awful. I was a very surly milkman, because it was very cold, very dark and very early. I am a lark, not an owl, but not in winter when it's chilly. Apart from that I went straight into gardening at 15.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Dark, Winter, Owl

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• Oh, and I have to mention one lady who does all of my book covers in cross stitch and frames them. Muriel. She's amazing. I just received one for my latest, Love And Dr Devon, actually. It's very sweet of her to do it.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Sweet, Book, Doe

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I don't like people being rude. Bad manners and arrogance make me cross. People making others feel uncomfortable. And I really don't like it in restaurants when people are rude or patronising to waiters. I feel like saying, 'They're not your slave'. But my knees only shake around once every five years. You're safe, don't worry.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Years, Worry, People

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I get nice letters, but really I have no idea. I just try to enthuse people. You've been married for 31 years.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Nice, Years, Ideas

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I get up to 400 letters a week, so I have a full-time PA, but I try to answer everything. People don't seem to realise that if they send something living in the post it's going to die on the way. Especially when you wrap it in a polythene bag.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  People, Trying, Way

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• Georgian England, to see those wonderful houses being built. And the clothes were interesting too, although I wouldn't want to wear a wig. It's also the most beautiful period of English landscape gardening. They had famous gardeners like Capability Brown.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Beautiful, Clothes, Interesting

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I was very inventive. I lived in my own world - my dad said I was a loner. Not lonely, just happy in my own company. It's the same now. I need time alone, which is maybe why I love to write. Having said that, I love the sociability of telly. It's a nice contrast.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Lonely, Dad, Nice

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I think I was always realistic - well, not the Percy thing, that was ridiculous - but I never dreamed of being a racing car driver or anything.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Thinking, Car, Racing

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

• I love Chatsworth, Winchester Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle... Every time I'm in the vicinity of something old and worth looking at, I try to go. You don't even have to leave your home town to see some places. How many Londoners have seen the crown jewels? Not many, and they'll blow you away, I promise.

  Alan Titchmarsh

  Home, Blow, Jewels

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk