The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner.

I always compare reading anything on the Internet to listening at doors. If you don't want to hear anything bad about yourself, you should never do it.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

You can always expect tragedy as well as adventure; that's just how it goes.

I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.

I'm an actor and a writer, that's how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that's what I do.

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

I prefer sneaking in the back door.

If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.

Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.

Happiness must be grown in one's own garden.

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

Beauty and folly are old companions.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

South Carolina State Rep. Mike Pitts wants to ban money.

With novels, you're sitting at a desk, alone, going slightly crazy, for anywhere from six months to a year with zero feedback.

When you think, you think in terms of your culture.

If life is a soap opera you shouldn't be in too much of a hurry to get to the final credits.

I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.