I have a fundamental faith in folk, that people are interesting and good.

Quentin Crisp said it to me; now I say it to you: say yes to everything.

Everybody should be entitled to one lie, one failing, one infidelity.

War is always a failure. It means we've failed in diplomacy and we've failed in talking to one another.

Women are much more honourable than men.

I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution.

I believe we have to put art back at the center of everyday life rather than allowing it to become a specialist activity at the margins of society.