It's strange, because it seems that society is kind of promoting or nurturing this kind of ostracized existence. People are kind of very much in their own little worlds.

The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.

A life without glitter is no life at all.

Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to.

Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character.

Also, I think having a musicality about me, that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.

I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated

We're all really happy with what's familiar. But what's inevitable in life is change. That's what life is.

My life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.

I really believe in a oneness. So if I'm looking at somebody else, it's not in a narcissistic way, but you're kind of seeing yourself.

One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.

Sometimes the truth stares us in the face, but we just choose not to look.

I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates.

I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now.

But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it.

Popularity isn't the end-all, be-all. What matters far more is that you stick to your principles, that you stand up and you live a life of integrity.

People who move to New York always the same mistake. They can't see the place.

The road of truth is broad; set the mind on it, and you feel expansive openness and broad clarity. The road of human desires is narrow; set foot on it, and you see brambles and mire before you.