There is no coincidence. Only the illusion of coincidence.

On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable.

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

It has occurred to me that the superhero really only originates in America. That seems to be the only country that has produced this phenomenon.

Life isn't divided into genres

If we loved Steve Aylett, really loved him in the way that he deserves, a selfless love that genuinely wanted nothing save his happiness and comfort, we'd lobotomise him.

My mother said I broke her heart...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free.