Just as a salesperson is never extreme or original or overdressed, so the TV retailers never do anything to distract their audiences from the real product, the commercial.

Consumerism is our national religion.

As the medieval mind blamed God for human suffering, so the modern mind blames 'the system' for the industrial blight and plague of technology.

One parody is worth a thousand polemics.

What you say is who you are. How you say it is your style.

Technology evolves so much faster than wisdom.

When I went to school, they told me literature was a rope I must use to climb out of the dark well of unknowing. Writers are the knots on the rope.

Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk - depends where the light hits.

Longing is all that lasts.

like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.

During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials.

... the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered peril,

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'.

Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.

My modus operandi has always been understatement and that just doesn't really work in pop.

I just personally feel like the best writing for actors exists in cable television.

One of the great challenges is to know when things are not right.

You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path.

Your future is co-created out of what you do today. Do you act from fear or faith? You get to choose.

Whoever increases the sum of human joy, is a worshiper. He who adds to the sum of human misery, is a blasphemer.

I'm obviously first and foremost a British filmmaker on a global scale, but when it comes to narrowing it down, I really feel like my voice is in the Midlands and outside of London.