I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

For Sunday breakfast, I make orange and ricotta pancakes, crepes and eggs. You know men, we usually go for breakfast because it's the easiest thing to cook and then we try to make it seem fancy.

To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.

The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.

If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Salvatore Ferragamo have done some nice handmade suits for me.

Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it's the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that's baked instead of fried.

For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.

If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument.

We can't let fear stop us! I'm not afraid to the darkness!

It becomes harder and harder to say where the world stops and the person begins.

There's a different film being made in every mind. And of course, the star of the film is the mind, the personality, the self.

You love me this much.

As far as I'm concerned, leopard is a neutral.

The control is shifting because of the democratisation of the internet. My industry is very good at building walls to stop people getting in.

History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.

And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.

It's quiet. No cars. No birds. Nothing.' 'No radio waves,' said the Doctor. 'Not even Radio Four.' 'You can hear radio waves?' 'Of course not. Nobody can hear radio waves,' he said unconvincingly.

I think writing should be about change.