The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.

I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.

No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life.

Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.

There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.

On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.

There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.

It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.

What Matters!! Is Grey Matter!

Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.

Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs.

No one looks stupid when they're having fun.

My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.

The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.

Ultimately, if circumstances line-up in a way that makes it possible for Fugazi to play and the desire was there, we would do that.

When I'm working behind a camera, I feel like I'm trying to achieve something like a jazz musician does.

Even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.

We need nature more than nature needs us.