You wanted to show everyone you could write about the black heart of a killer. And all the while pretending you don't even have your own dark desires.

Those who are not free to live as they choose are second class citizens. The weak will lose everything to the strong, even their lives.

Does this world feel like hell to you? Of course it does, because it is.

The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.

He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]

The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

I've always loved vintage and I never like to have something someone else has.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

Every artist is different - I work with a lot of artists from the ground up because it's really amazing to watch projects go from Minute 1.

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were

You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be.

Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen.