You will recognize, my boy, the first sign of old age: it is when you go out into the streets of London and realize for the first time how young the policemen look.

No man knows more about women than I do, and I know nothing.

I always travel first class on a train. It's the only way to avoid one's creditors.

As soon as you say it about a record, you're like some little zombie in a funny dungeon.

Not knowing what will happen makes life fun.

I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating, even being aware of, my idiocy about my weight.

Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.

I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end up pretty quick-witted.

When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?

The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue.

I was once stranded on a broken-down boat in shark-infested waters in the middle of the Indian Ocean for five days before we were rescued while doing a 'Vogue' shoot.

Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of creativity and its sources. Imagine is his best book yet.

We all trust each other to some extent. We have to rely on experts to some extent, but we should learn to be sceptical.