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" I am a big fan of long drop, composting toilets - I like the cycle of using waste. When you have experienced one and seen what comes out of the bottom, it is amazing stuff. It's the most beautiful, driest, sweet-smelling compost. "

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" What happened in 2008 stopped people in their tracks. People stopped looking at their homes simply as commodities to exploit and starting thinking about how they might personalise that space and make them less bland and more autobiographical, and that's healthy, I think. "

Kevin McCloud

Looking

Thinking

Think

" Building design isn't trendy. "

" We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet. "

" The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes. "

" Life involves other people and it is a compromise. "

" I've got lots of friends who are musicians, and there is a fair proportion of broken marriages and relationships as a result. You are on the move all the time. It's difficult if you have kids, and it's hard to make money unless you are in the premier league. "

" I don't know whether other asthma sufferers find this, but I've noticed that even when I've got my asthma under control, I often develop another problem such as an ear, chest or sinus infection and sometimes even joint pains. "

" Your home should be about enriching the daily experience. "

" Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung. "

" I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones. "

" I'm really quite conscious of clothes and the way they fit and don't regret wearing anything. Not even the five-inch stack heels I wore with three-button high-waisters at comprehensive school. Regret is for wimps. "

" The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger. "

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

" I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me. "

Kevin McCloud

Who

Money

" I'm quite shy. Television presents an amplified version of yourself. When I'm on camera I'm pumping more adrenaline, I'm being a bit more engaging than I am in everyday conversation, but that's normal, isn't it? Otherwise nobody would want to watch. "

" When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long. "

" If I welcomed people into my lovely home every week in the pages of a magazine, they'd soon see how incredibly dull it is. It's important to maintain a bit of mystique. "

" People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't. "

" Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800. "

" I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think. "

" Building a house from scratch in the middle of a field is a bit like building a prototype car. As with all prototypes, if you're building a car you usually have the luxury of producing several prototypes before you arrive at the production line version - so the opportunity for changing things is quite rich. "

" One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre. "

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

Kevin McCloud

Absurd

Brothers

" I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve. "

" I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political. "

" I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything. "

" 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. "

Kevin McCloud

Avoid

Fair

" Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts. "

" A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone. "

" Luckily I have never missed a day's filming or work due to asthma. "