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Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.

I wouldn't like to live in a castle now, but I'd enjoy a visit to Restormel in Cornwall in its 13th century prime. It's a circular castle with the rooms built against the outer walls and quite intimate in size. Life there wouldn't follow the pattern of more classic castle design.

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

I'm just fascinated by visiting actual castles in the countryside.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others.

If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

A man's house is his castle.