I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.

I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.

I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.

'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.

You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.

I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.

I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.