One of my favourite books of all time: 'The Great Gatsby'. I just think it's so well written.

In a fit at the bookstore one day, I bought all my favourite composers' biographies: Schubert, Massenet, Wolf. I've still not had a chance to read them; it breaks my heart. But when you travel so much, you just can't take that many books with you.

If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him

To run from your past, is to be a coward of facing what you have done. To live in your past, is to be ignorant about the future.

What I see as specially English is the charm - everyone is so polite. Being restrained is part of the charm. And I love the sense of humour - it takes me back to Australia. The English are great at making fun of themselves. They're so self-effacing.

'The Great Gatsby' ticked so many boxes for me.