The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.

In a weird way, it's much easier, when I don't have to worry about being a writer, to just worry about the director job, which is really fun.

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.

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.

That's kind of how I've based my career. I find talented people and beg me to let me work with them.

The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.