I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.

It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.

I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.