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So many people condemn me for risk taking, but I find it sort of hypocritical because everybody takes risks. Even the absence of activity could be viewed as a risk. If you sit on the sofa for your entire life, you're running a higher risk of getting heart disease and cancer.

When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.

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

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.

I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.

It's true that I'm not cozy. I'm more reserved.

Sitting down at the table is a sacred event. It's the heart of the home. People have ginormous homes or crappy little homes, but the kitchen is where we always end up sitting. It's where the stories happen, the family happens.

There's something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.

I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact.