Quotes from James William Middleton

I have great childhood memories of my mother baking, and I was always a willing participant, especially if it meant I could revarnish the kitchen floor with treacle.

We're a really close family. And actually, we see each other and speak on the phone all the time... the odd Sunday lunch, or pop in for coffee or something like that.

I was experimenting with ways of creating edible objects from digital content, and I was working to three criteria: 1. They had to be delicious. 2. They had to be personalized. 3. They had to fit through a letterbox or in a mailbox. After much experiments, Boomf! There it was: photo marshmallows.

I feel dyslexia is a strong point in me now. I usually joke that it's like a superpower - you only have it if you've got it!

It's awkward going back up to Edinburgh to see my old friends, because I'm not on the same wavelength.

When I read out loud in class, it was a joy for everyone else because I would mispronounce things so badly. I used to try to count how many people were in front of me and then work out which paragraph I would have to read out and start trying to learn it. And I would sit there thinking, 'Please let the bell go so that it doesn't get round to me.'

I do make lots of spelling mistakes still - for a time, the word 'corporate' on my website was spelled 'corprate.' But I'm not embarrassed. The way I see it, it is part of me. The key is to become completely confident about it.

There is a talent in dyslexia - it can help you see things creatively. So I wouldn't change a thing.

At the end of the day, whether it was in a little church or Westminster Abbey didn't matter: it was me, as a brother, doing a reading for my sister and her husband at their wedding, and I wanted to do it right.

My sisters were very successful and confident. It was, 'Oh, you are Pippa's brother! Are you Catherine's brother?' And so I was automatically put into the top sports teams and academic sets.

I'm not interested in publicity for myself.

I often work 14-hour days, but the job is very fulfilling. I love being my own boss.

Celebrations are great fun: bunting and this and that and the other.

My family is usually the first guinea pigs to try out my new recipes.

My mother and father have been fantastic help and a huge support for me. Like any other family, though, we have our moments, living and working together.

Running your own business is a huge amount of fun, but there's also a huge amount of seriousness, so actually, they level out.

The great British public is renowned throughout the world for its sense of humour.

I was fine with numbers, but it took me a longer time to grasp simple things like spellings.

To give people that first start in life is a tremendous privilege. It's one of the great joys of being part of a growing company.

I think my family knows that I'm slightly off the wall with my way of thinking, so I think they're quite used to my weird and wonderful creations.

I used to spell everything phonetically, or I would have little tricks for words I could not figure out.

It is such a tricky transition between education and work.

I have always joked that I have three mothers. I couldn't get away with anything as a kid. Whether I got a bad mark or was told off, it would always end up getting back to my parents.

For Mum and Dad... work and home is family, so work is family and home is family. We grew up with that.