"One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital"

"It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom"

"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris"

"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting"

"Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity"

"London is a modern Babylon"

"America is my country and Paris is my hometown"

"I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way"

"The first song is called "London." It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime"

"I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?"

"In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul"