What is without dispute...is that the readers need [the BookWorld] just as much as we need them—to bring order to their apparent chaos, if nothing else.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor.

Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous.

Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened'.

I'm sure it's not all hot buttered crumpets out there in the breathing world of asphalt and heartbeats.

To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.

...to alienate human beings from their own decision-making is to change them into objects.

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

I'm going to slow down a little bit, but I won't stop creating. I can't!

If I'm working, I'm not D.J.'ing. And if I'm not working, I'm D.J.'ing all the time.

I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.

It's probably your fiercest critics - not your compatriots - who have the sharpest, most resonant insights.