Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the German dining room, and I think the library is a room the English get right.

It's the gloomy things that need our help, if everything in the garden is sunny, why meddle?

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

I just don't believe in generalisations.

I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.