I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London.

I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.

This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.