I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a sense when people 'come out' it's quite an exciting moment. It means they become aware of their desires, and can deal with them in a remarkably honest way.

I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.

If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.

I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity.

There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does; that's what counts.

I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn't want to make movies. I always wanted to draw and paint.