Happiness is found within oneself. Nobody really cares if you are miserable, so you may as well be happy. Good health, creativity and the warmth of people I love in my life is my idea of perfect happiness.
What is your greatest fear?
To lose the capacity to think and assess things the way I do. To lose my mother — my life would end. I tell her this every other day.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I am not very emotional.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
I don’t like it when people are too inquisitive. They want to know more than they should, which is pretty futile in my book. If I want to get to know you, I’ll talk to you myself. As simple as that.
What is your greatest extravagance?
I’m not a very extravagant person. I am zero maintenance. I do have days when I feel expensive, when I wash my hair with beer. I feel dirty but expensive. Also, it’s the best conditioner ever.
What is your current state of mind?
I am a ‘live what you do’ kind of person. I am currently working on a new collection which is called “Confessions”. It’s a love story.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Respect. People have strange ideas about what respect is — it is merely a feeling. It is intangible. And people somehow always want visible proof of respect which I think is very silly.
On what occasion do you lie?
If I’m driving and I get a call, I lie about my exact coordinates.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My nose, though I practice and preach that what you have is the best for you.
Which living person do you most despise?
I’m a lover, not a hater. I don’t hate, I appreciate.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Beauty that inspires. I have the privilege of being friends with the most beautiful women in the country.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Humour. I am a sucker for funny people.
When and where were you happiest?
I am happiest right now. There is no other place I’d rather be.
Which talent would you most like to have?
I would love to be a painter, a poet or a good chef.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would want to learn how to say no.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
I am a wonderful son, a good brother and a great friend.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
I don’t think I’d want to live again.
Where would you most like to live?
I feel at home wherever I am. I love my country. I wish our environment was cleaner and had more trees. Each one of us would have more oxygen.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
When there is no mental progression. Then you’re in a rut, and no one deserves that because then they wouldn’t be alive.
What is your most marked characteristic?
My hair.
Who are your heroes in real life?
Whoever respects you and makes you feel good is a real life hero.
What is your greatest regret?
You regret a mistake when you don’t learn from it. I am a fast learner.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 5th, 2010.
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