If I have time to myself. . . I invariably just catch up on sleep. Oh, and I also love to listen to radio 4. There's a lot of so-called "fashion people" out there who secretly love it.

You wouldn't know it but I'm very good at. . .

making mix CDs, but doesn't everybody think they're good at that?

You may not know it but I'm no good at. . .

telling jokes. I have no sense of personal timing.

The book that changed me . . . The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (left). It made me want to make films.

Movie heaven. . .

would be starting our next script, Boxy an Star, but it's taking ages.

When I was a child I wanted to be. . . nothing more than just a kid. I was very happy as a child.

I wish I'd never worn. . . my heart on my sleeve, with that girl, that time.

All my money goes on. . . making new work. I lead quite a simple life - apart from the firstclass flights and five-star hotels, but then I don't pay for them.

My biggest regret is. . . not spending more time with my mum and dad. It's so easy to say that after people die, but we do take life for granted.

My favourite work of art. . . anything by Caravaggio. He was the Scorsese of the 16th century.

If I wasn't me I'd like to be. . . my son. I envy his youth and thirst for knowledge.

The soundtrack to my life. . . varies each day. Today it's Jim Noir (right) but tomorrow it could be Van Halen.

The best invention ever is. . .

wet wipes - where would we all be without them.

John Rankin Waddell is a fashion and portrait photographer. He launched the magazine Dazed and Confused in 1991