We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years!

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

Some people like when it rains a lot. Some people like sunshine. The idea that there's one, all encompassing afterlife is strange. It doesn't seem to make sense because we're all such different people.

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!

It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations.

All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be right; you don't want to rush it. You need the right script, the right cast and the right feeling in the culture.