The book is the book and it will always be there. It's a quiet ending. In the book it's a contemplative ending which I think you could certainly do that in a movie.

A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human"?

I think it's part of everybody's childhood, there are some wonderful Hammer movies and there are some dreadful ones.

I think when you really adore something and you've grown up with it you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic.

There's video footage of my 10th birthday where I'm wearing, like, a little pink T-shirt. Then my dad comes in brandishing a copy of 'Eraserhead, ' going, 'Look what we've got for tonight!'

I've yet to meet a bitter teenager. Bitterness, jealousy and jadedness, I think, are the most unattractive qualities in a person, and unfortunately they do seem to come with age.

I think most of the time you can make something happen, and it's about not letting your imagination be limited by that.

Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a surefire recipe for arresting emotional recovery.

When I go to sleep, someone wakes up to get their hustle on, that's why I get my 2 hours, their 2 hours and overseas 2 hours in. I'll make sure no one can catch me.

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

I look like a woman, but I think like a man.

You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.

Hard work is for people short on talent.

Cage is much more disciplined. He made chance a method and used it in constructive ways; I never did that. Everything here is a little more chaotic.

Wealth is good, and if it comes our way we will take it; but a gentleman does not sell himself for wealth.

Lots of scripts are written and not made, even scripts that people want to make.

You should look up some of the reviews. The New York Times review is so over-the-top funny. It's hysterical. You should dig it out.

I can't do what my mother did, which is tell me every single day of my life about her labor and how long it was and how it was 36 hours of hell .