I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.

Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.

I don't do event dressing, because every day is an event.

I think now it's a very odd time in politics. It should be mostly about good governing. We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.

I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child.

Everyone thought I was going to fall down on my shoes and I kept saying, 'Well if I do I'll just get up!'

Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way.