I always approach film as a fan.

You want society to accept you; but you can’t even accept yourself.

I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

Big things have small beginnings.

Everyone's crazy anyway. And those who think they aren't, are the ones who are even crazier - because they're in denial.

What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.

I’m aware of my weaknesses and THE BEAST WITHIN.

[As an actor] I have ideas, but things should always be fluid. You should always be ready to follow an instinct. Something might reveal itself on the day.

I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.

Any good kitchen should be stocked up in oysters, shouldn't they?

Struggles are part of everyday life. May you have grace to overcome any struggle.

Having devoted the first half of my life to the dark, I feel obliged to rever any pinpoint of light now.

The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.

We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for our kids, and much, much more.

An abusive relationship should be easy to identify though often one of the most difficult to end.

I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk in my natural voice, just because I'm not as articulate as Martin Amis.

The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."

We'll have a 'rest of our lives' now.

The lack of substantial resources and staffing along the Northern U.S. border poses a real security threat.

Doing research in mathematics is frustrating and if being frustrated is something you cannot get used to, then mathematics may not be an ideal occupation for you.