[S]omething had to change. Because I had changed.

I felt guilty all of a sudden, as if just by existing and talking to him I was leading him on.

I have a past, okay? And you really don't want to get involved with it.''Everybody's got a past, ' he said. 'That doesn't mean you can't have a future.

Nothing should be so greatly feared as empty fame.

I think creativity becomes really beautiful and magical when you allow it to do what it's needing you to do.

It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is difficult because a lot of awards most people don't care about.

I am not willing to let the market-place determine the future of the animal kingdom.

If you answered, ''Spin the Bottle,'' then I frankly do not want to know any more about your childhood.

I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience.

You know how the Beatles broke off - they all did their solo projects and they came back together and they were even stronger!

Where there is fear there is no religion.

England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents.

The only thing worse than Radiohead fans is everything else except me