Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.

It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating.

It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.

The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic.

I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.

You are what you pretend to be.

If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.

My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

While trying hard not to apportion blamesI end up apportioning all the blame on myselfI take several portions of the blamewhich makes my heart to be filled with guilt

want a war ? please fall in love with your awaken soul

If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.

She once again thought about how badly she wanted to crawl back beneath the mound of already cooling blankets that covered her bed like an inviting nest.

We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

Is there really nothing, nothing left of me?

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

Good criticism is very rare and always precious.

Spiritual healing occurs as we begin to consciously reconnect with our essential being - the wise, loving, powerful, creative entity that we are at our core.