Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.

Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.

Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

The world is chock-full of monsters.

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.

Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous.

Pray when you feel like worrying. Give thanks when you feel like complaining. Keep going when you feel like quitting.

The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.

Grobanite makes me think of a type of harmless crustacean.

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink.

In all the silent manliness of grief.

Wisdom and knowledge are two different things.

The value of emotions comes from sharing them, not just having them.

I think any man who lets a woman pick what he should wear... I mean, you gotta draw the line somewhere as a man. I see these guys, 'My wife told me to wear this!' And I just shake my head.