I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick.

In Newcastle, Kurt announced from the stage, “I am a homosexual, I am a drug user, and I fuck pot-bellied pigs,” another classic Cobainism, though only one of his three claims was true.

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.

I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.