We recognised that the youth demographic needed to be pursued, preferably with dogs.

In art, questions are always more interesting than answers.

No one is polite to writers.

Gene, you wouldn’t know a good story if it was tattooed on the end of your prick.

You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.

It is by faith that poetry as well as devotion soars above this dull earth that imagination breaks through its clouds breathes a purer air and lives in a softer light.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

My first job was cleaning sheep pens.

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible.

If you ever feel lazy or dull, take heart: you're the busiest, brightest thing on the planet.

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.