I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie.

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great writing and great ideas. Blade Runner was full of them.

It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have [in aliens]. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there.

In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it.

Once you crack the script, everything else follows.

Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.

Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

With time, scars turn into wisdom.

You look disappointed to see me, Zach," Macey teased. "Don't you like my jacket?

Blessed are those who believe when there is no evidence of an answer to prayer.

Most people that commit to a life of celibacy weren't leaving that much on the table in the first place.

Heaven is angered by my arrogance; my proof [of the four-color theorem] is also defective.

Only when you can accept that you are alone, will you discover that you are not alone.

There are no fans more rabid or devoted than KISS fans. KISS fans are what all other fans are measured against. That's how it came to be known as the KISS Army.

Make up your mind to be happy.

I am not sure I am ready to know what I think about that, so I dare not write it out.

Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the dark, using a flashlight when you pour the boiling water.