I think you will agree the sign of a civilised society is a regular dining schedule.

Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond dust took over which veiled and yet magnified all things

I am happy I have competition. It keeps me on my toes all the while and stops me from becoming complacent. So, it works to my advantage.

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.

You are - all your experience just kind of accumulates, and the novel takes a richness of its own simply because it has the weight of all those years that one's put into it.

Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way...

My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.

Without doing the big blockbusters, I wouldn't be able to find the money to go after little projects that I want to do.

I'm just glad that on a budget like this I don't have to make any of those hard decisions because I feel it must be a real job to direct this, as there's so much going on.

There is nothing so revered yet so reviled as war; for even as it brings out the worst in men, it also brings out the best in them.

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.