I have an accountant, obviously, because I'm self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

A full beard looks cool.

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness.

Every book is a journey, a map into the complexities of the human mind and soul.

As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?

An arguing couple spiraling into negativity and teetering on the brink of divorce is actually mathematically equivalent to the beginning of a nuclear war.

When you are surrounded by the people who do not see the world as you see it, you will be the loneliest of the lonely!

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

American culture is kind of an international culture, isn't it? British culture is a bit more unique. I think funny things are sort of funny around the world, really.

This is naturally the most important thing, the dark traces left by the era of totalitarianism in the human mind, where is - are difficult to do away with. And this is a very demanding job.

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.

In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.

When you consider all saints and prophets as legitimate and no longer differentiate between religions, you have reached the stage of true mysticism.