There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future.

Everybody has their story to tell.

Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.

London has been used as the emblematic English city, but it's far from representative of what life in England is actually about.

Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would you get around gravity? Impossible. Do I believe that I might be able to project my consciousness into a very, very vivid simulation of flying? Yeah. Yes, I've done that. Yes, that works.

The world's a stage, & everything else is Vaudeville.

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