I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

I spend a frightening amount of money on books.

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.

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.

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

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.