When I was young, I was interested in Renaissance art.
When you're in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.
To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it. When you're driving a 750hp machine at 320kmh, the noise and the vibrations are incredible. The G-force when you take big corners is like someone trying to rip your head off. You hit the brakes, and it feels as if the skin is being pulled off your body.
I've spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it's not about flaunting my wealth. I don't have many extravagances but watches are my biggest one. I must have 30 of them now. I've been collecting since the age of nine, when I won a black TAG in a karting event.
It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.
To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it.
If I ever have a son, and if he wants to follow in my footsteps in Formula 1, my main responsibility will be to point out some of the negatives.
Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.
I write because I can’t sleep.
Those two teachers [Kathleen Blackshear and Robert von Neumann] were just fantastic, I thought. They never directed you in a single direction, but they just encouraged you to think for yourself.
Basically, I go to the local farmer's market and decide to what to cook then, depending on what I find. Either my wife or I cook, and we usually finish a bottle or two of wine by the time we are done cooking and eating.