I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years!

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.

I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Just a little loving kindness is sometimes all anyone really needs.

There is really only one way to learn good writing: good reading and extensive writing and revising.

As you strive to acquire wealth, try not to ignore the benefits of being in good health. Sacrificing your health for wealth would be a very unwise decision.

You look at your bank account, and you see the currency of love and happiness is more important than the currency of money.

Patch wasn't the kind of guy mothers smiled on. He was the kind of guy they changed the house locks for.

If you think your management doesn't know what it's doing or that your organisation turns out low-quality software crap that embarrasses you, then leave.

I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

I think a lot of people go in TV talent shows because they want to be famous and not because it's about the music.