“I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.” TryingIdeasCharacterCitiesNew YorkIdentityLondonHotelVeniceSoho Author:Jean Nouvel
“If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingPassionWinningLike YouSouthLondonAlways TryingUnderdog Author:Jessie Ware
“Trying to imagine E. M. Forster, who found Ulysses indecorous, at a London performance of Lenny Bruce—to which in fact he was once taken. Trying to imagine the same for a time-transported Nathaniel Hawthorne—who during his first visit to Europe was even shocked by the profusion of naked statues.” TryingFirstsFactsFoundTakenImagineEuropePerformancesLondonNakedShockedStatuesUlyssesHawthorne Book:The Last Novel Source: The Last Novel