I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick.

I spend a frightening amount of money on books.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.

I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.

The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.