Sometimes I wanted to take a memory - one perfect memory - curl up in it, and go to sleep.

Jack might look my age, but he was like a little kid on a sugar high --- in need of a good spanking. --- Good heavens, that sounded creepy.

What’s the point in hating something if you aren’t proactive?

I let my face go blank and nodded slowly. "Yes. The trolls. Back. With me. Cannot form. Complete sentences." I shook my head. "Yeah, so not happening.

To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

My world's both parts, and 'o! Both parts must die.

Everyone needs someone to believe in.

I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.

Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee; but answer thou their language with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.

I'm at a stage in my life when I want a wife and a family.

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.

I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often," he says. "They suit you.

He looks like a man who has spent most of his life frowning.