Peter Mayle Quotes

When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.

Mid-afternoon, I'll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk.

There's nothing like coming home here, having the day off or morning off and going surfing. In Orlando I don't know what I would do.

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

I need to go outside. I wouldn't say I'm an outdoors person, but I like to go outside.

If I'm in the country, my big idea is to do nothing. It means talking, it means cooking with the leftovers in the fridge - l'art d'accommoder les restes - it means gardening.

If I wasn't acting, all I'd do is ride my bike. I've always loved doing that.

I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

Eventually my goal is get a place in Ojai where I can have animals and a big garden. Just drink wine all day and hang in my garden.

I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park.

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

When I'm not working, I'm walking.

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

I just go out and play.

Well I was out in the garden moving rocks on the day of the Emmys. I was just playing in the dirt.

I am always happy up a ladder with a paintbrush in my hand. And I wish I had more time to spend in the garden - not least because I get good ideas for writing when I'm out there.

I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds.

No matter what kind of day I've had at school, I always look forward to golf.

Gardening always has been an art, essentially.

If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.

I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.

I go out and walk around the yard. Sometimes I'll cut grass.

On a perfect weekend, I'll stay in bed until I am rested, though I am not someone who sleeps late. Then I'll go for a run through the parks nearby, even if it is frosty and cold, and I love meeting friends for brunch. You know you are truly on a day off if you have time to do brunch.

My favorite way to unwind is to go for a walk with my husband and the dog at the end of the working day, then we go to our local health club for a swim and to sit by the pool and read for a while.

I don't like going to the mall. I'm not really like the other girls. I just like to go out on the golf course and play. Golf is fun and feels really good.