What did you want to be when you were a kid?
A CEO. I didn’t know what it meant, but it looked great. If only I had known….

What truth about yourself would you like people to know?
I just never give up.

Do you think it is better to say everything or not to know everything?
It’s always better to say what you think and keep thinking that you know nothing.

What was the last thing that was stolen from you?
Maybe my naiveté.

How do you get up in the morning?
Climbing down from my bed.

What is your favorite activity during the day?
Brainstorming. Giving birth to a great idea is painful, but rewarding.

What is the best place to make love?
Any place where the one you love is, and you are too.

What is the worst place to make love?
Any place where the one you love is, and you are not.

Do you need to love to make love or do you need to make love in order to love?
It very much depends on how much you love to make love.

What do you like the most about women and what do you despise?
That they are women and that they are not men.

What do you like the most about men and what do you despise?
That they are men and that they are not women.

To where you will never return?
To my mother’s womb.

Who is your favourite fictional character?
D’Artagnan. One for all, all for one.

Your favourite insult?
None. I express my point of view
rather strongly…

Your favourite saying?
Work is work. Fun is fun.

If you were organizing a dinner to which you could invite five people from any place and any era, whom would you invite?
My dad, his dad whom he never met, my great grandfather, my great great and
great great great grandfathers. That would be a real memory.

How would you like to die?
Windsurfing a big wave on my 100th birthday.

What would you like people to write on your gravestone?
Come back soon. We miss you.

If you had to sacrifice one of your senses which one would it be?
Certainly not taste. I would miss Bordeaux wines and French champagnes too much …

What was your best idea ever?
Coming to the Czech Republic.

Would you like a role in an action movie?
I am afraid I already have one, in the office, everyday.

Do you like happy endings?
I don’t like endings at all.