Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.

Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.

I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.

Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.