The coma ward was boring yet difficult. Like golf.

I've yet to find the exact word to describe the enjoyment that an evening spent riffling through old pattern books can bring.

We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is.

I tend to have a cup of tea, try to stop worrying about what I did wrong, cool down and will the audience back in as soon as possible.

Virtually nothing Barack Obama has done has left America or the world better since he became president. Nearly everything he has touched has been made worse.

Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.

Alejandro Amenábar has a unique way of approaching movies and thinking about something which was new to me. It was different. I have a lot of respect for him so I just took a gamble.

A real enlightened teacher is intense and they could care less what you think about anything at any time since you are lost in illusions.

If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60.

But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.

It's the reason we go to films and watch television: to escape the mundane nature of life and see another world and see ourselves in that other world. I think that's what sci-fi does so well.

Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.