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Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you're a hermit on a mountain, you don't have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you've got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities.

I get along with people. But I don't sacrifice my principles either.

I think guys who are rebels and make their own rules are appealing.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

Let's not confuse traditional behaviours with good manners. The definition of etiquette is gender neutral - it simply means we strive at all times to ensure a person in our company feels at ease.

I'm generally a pretty friendly person.

I don't get to live by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me.

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.