As A Modern Employer You Have To

Having A Good Idea Is One Thing, But Persuading Other People To Buy It Is Quite Another. Good Inventors Are Polymaths: They Think With Their Hands And Their Brains. They're Experts In Design, Engineering And Business.

When I Started Off, I Was Working In A Shed Behind My House. All I Had Was A Drill, An Electric Drill. That Was The Only Machine I Had.

[in My Home Workshop,] Generally I'm Mending Things, Which Is Interesting Because You Learn A Lot About Why They Broke.

Failure Is So Much More Interesting Because You Learn From It. That's What We Should Be Teaching Children At School, That Being Successful The First Time, There's Nothing In It. There's No Interest, You Learn Nothing Actually.

I Was Frustrated As A Child When I Had To Use A Vacuum. It Had A Screaming Noise And The Smell Of Stale Dog And A Lack Of Performance.