I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you can live in Paris, maybe you should.
I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes.
When I moved to Paris at 16, I held a dinner party in my first apartment and served only red wine, French fries, and mashed potatoes. Unable to cook, I relied on people taking me out.
Paris is great. I stay at the Ritz Paris - I'm good friends with the Director, Frank Klein, and the owner. I lived there 3 years; I was the only foreigner working at Maxim's. They only took French, which was a mistake.
Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.
I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.
Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it.
I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.