Since I've had children I don't really like horror movies.

I don't know who's running IMDB. It could be computers. I'd like to talk to someone from IMDB.

The best way to do comedy is to not filter yourself, and then you could always fix it later. You want to be able to push the envelope.

Hey, don't knock Judy Blume. Without her, my younger self would never have been able to decode the random acts of madness perpetrated by the fascinating creature known as the teenage girl.

You have to tap into the child in you. If you can get to that innocent place, then you're golden. That was the subconscious goal for me.

One of the things I would love to do is Axe Cop, which is a comic book. I would like to be involved in Axe Cop someday. I would also love to be in a Western.

I need to try to get a lot of things going 'cause you never know what's gonna hit.

If life gives you the wobbles make jelly.

The trail of lime trees outside our building is still a public loo. …where else are they supposed to go to the toilet in a city where public toilets are about as common as UFO sightings?” (pp.281-82)

It's everywhere, really. It's between the galaxies. It is in this room. We believe that everywhere that you have space, empty space, that you cannot avoid having some of this dark energy.

Après ski is my favorite sport.

It's not the appearance, it's the essence. It's not the money, it's the education. It's not the clothes, it's the class.

To will and not to do when there is opportunity is in reality not to will; and to love what is good and not to do it, when it is possible, is in reality not to love it

I think optimism and humour are key words for me to make the films accessible, which means they can really travel and be seen by as many people as possible.

I want to write some books. Books that have nothing to do with music, just some fiction type of books for a whole different audience of people.

The morning hour has gold at the mouth.

If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of serial failure.