I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

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.

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

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?

I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.

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