I understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it's going well or not going well.

Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up.

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens.

In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get, but that's kind of like cheating.