In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes home ideal spend
I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five. Vanessa Mae beginmovepiano Change image and share on social
But I don't think I've grown up to be a damaged adult. Vanessa Mae adultdamagegrow Change image and share on social
When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring. Vanessa Mae 20salbumchill Change image and share on social
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. Roman Coppola ancestralbeautifulbernalda Change image and share on social
After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand! Maria Semple bigchargedecade share on social
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy. Chris Cleave antithesisbeautifulcelebrate share on social
