We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.

I'm certainly not as tough as people think. I'm not a fighter and so forth. I'd just as soon go home.

I come from the Lynchs of Sligo. You know, I went there, but I looked in the phone book and there are nine million Lynches in Sligo.

If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking, I confess, but it is the seminal part of my life.

Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.

There was a period when I just wanted to make what I wanted to make and I didn't care what lie I had to tell.

I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art.