I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

Death's just something that inspires me, not something that pulls me down. I used to get called morbid at school. I have always loved horror films; I like being frightened.

I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those images of flayed apostles and tortured saints was a pretty strong introduction.

As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.