He had not given any meaningful interviews, ... Journalists had asked him the same platitudes and he gave the same platitudinous answers.

He had not given any meaningful interviews. Journalists had asked him the same platitudes and he gave the same platitudinous answers.

Louis was a man of few words. And unfortunately most of the other guys were not great diarists.

Louis was a man of few words, ... And unfortunately most of the other guys were not great diarists.

I vividly remember coming for an interview [for his job] - many interviews - and I was asked if I would be 'prepared to try some biologically sustainable farming'. I hadn't got a clue what it meant, so I said, 'Yes, of course,' as you do in those situations. That was my introduction to organics.

For him, there was nothing that was not normal. He asked for a product that was given to him, and he even got change.