My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

Awesome is loud but awe is quiet.

I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.

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.

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.