The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years!

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

The most fun characters to work with are characters that are complicated.

Music fills the infinite to give us infinite joy.

You never get anywhere until you figure out the difference between passion and compassion.

Looking back, I am thankful that I didn't go into the film industry.

Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows.

There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.

Someone left the cake out in the rain

The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.

You are all aware that my private life has been pictured to the public by the press of the country with the intent to make people believe me to be a very bad woman.