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?

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

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

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

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.

Building design isn't trendy.

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