I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.

I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was not conscious of. I was mostly consciously getting into trouble and drunk.

The West has always been the epicentre of possibility. One of the ways we forge against mortality is to head west. It's to do with catching the sun before it slips behind the horizon.

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.