This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.

Political correctness is a bit like a granny, a maiden aunt arriving at a party when everyone's having a good time. And she comes in, they all start sort of buttoning up and becoming self-conscious and behaving properly and then when she leaves, you can have fun again.

There's nothing good on the television; let's burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times.

To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed... separate from everyday concerns.

I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.

It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.