44 Quotes by Nicholas Haslam

I wanted to be grown up the minute I could.

I'd like not to have these great puffy lobes on my ears - I'd like them to taper in.

I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that life, and it bores me rigid.

I rent a Jacobean-fronted hunting lodge in Hampshire from the National Trust and like to go there as much as possible. I've grown to love it so much, especially when writing my memoirs there at weekends.

Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting.

I've always wanted to look different. I always think I've got this terrible figure. I'd like to be 3 inches taller.

Often it's a lack of time, not taste, that leads someone to hire a decorator. A good decorator/client relationship should be like a marriage. The time one puts in needs to be extensive. One needs to listen to them and understand what they like and how they live.

It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed.

I had a face-lift, and I would have another if I needed one. It definitely changed my life. I'm not vain. In fact I don't like looking at myself. The face-lift was just about looking rested.