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I still buy nice pieces but, at the moment, they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously.

I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.

I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.

I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

I am a great observer of things, and I do it all the time. I store stuff; I use it as an actor; that sort of recall, of emotional memory and images of things, just tastes of things.

When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.

Many times you walk into a room and people have already made up their minds. But it's always good to have something great associated with you.

Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell, and also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.

I consider everything I compose a gift.