Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

I have resolved to pick one novel and just read it over and over again for the rest of my life, because I cannot remember anything anymore.

Having a vote once every four years is not the same thing as democracy.

I remember watching Mel Gibson on some show once, and he was being asked about his belief in the afterlife. Gibson said: 'Well, I can't believe this is all there is'. And I thought: 'Wait a minute. You're Mel Gibson. You have millions of dollars. You're a great-looking chap with every conceivable blessing that could be bestowed upon a man. And that's not good enough ?'

I don't like the act of talking; it makes me slightly light-headed.

My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since.