Few people are spoken of in the way they would choose

Those we murder with our mouths often live longest

She was endowed with great beauty for all those attributes that were outside her control, but it was said that in all characteristics for which she herself was responsible, she was utterly wicked

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.

Roger Collins wasn't the most popular teacher at school only because he was interesting in class. In fact, most of the girls would have loved a little after-class attention from this teacher.

It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.

One function of art is to de-kitschify kitsch.

I see my work as visual meditations on the human experience and my attempts to capture the thin, otherwordly realm I believe exists between what we see and what we cannot.

I don't believe in natural science.

Ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever.

What good is inspiration if it's not backed up by action?

I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.