Adele is another problem. I never said that she was fat. I said that she was a little roundish; a little roundish is not fat. But for such a beautiful girl... after that she lost eight kilos [17.6 pounds] so I think the message was not that bad.

Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion.

Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

I have a guest house because I don't want people in my home.

I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people.

Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.