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

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

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

Awesome is loud but awe is quiet.

I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me.

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.