Andre Balazs

Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself.

One of the few luxuries left is travel. And the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there.

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.

Heroes and heroines don't commit adultery.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.