I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20′s and 30′s... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent.

Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme.

I am pretty detached from the local music crowd though.

There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product.

People are essentially losing their temper for things that have nothing to do with the act of driving.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

My feeling is that nuclear is a distraction. It stops us doing what we all know we need to do invest urgently in renewables.

To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

I have always abhorred the business end of music.

Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.

I know these dirty cops that'll get us in if we murder some Wop.

Surround yourself with people who add the fuel of advice and encouragement to your fire.

But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?

You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.

The initial spark usually has something to do with panic -- I'm due to turn in a story to a workshop or an editor. It's a terrible working method.

No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

He's not a bold decision maker like Newt Gingrich is. Every time I talk to him, he says 'well let me think about it.'

I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay [Allied].

Moving around is good for creativity: the next line of dialogue that you desperately need may well be waiting in the back of the refrigerator or half a mile along your favorite walk.