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It's tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland.

My main place is in Switzerland, but I live on a plane, really.

When I'm in the U.K. - and I'm here more than people would think - I tend to keep a very low profile.

I have lived most of my life in small towns, and I'm in the habit of knowing and talking to everyone.

I live in a Swiss village so small, if you sneeze everyone knows.

There are always things I find difficult - being in crowds, remembering faces. I do like routines. I always travel with someone. My life in Avignon is a very quiet one. I have an apartment that looks over the whole city. I can drop into town, but a lot of the time I write from home. In some respects I still live a very quiet, simple life.

I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet.

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's beautiful.

I am very much a city boy, and I really don't get out into the countryside or the wilderness that much at all.