Nowhere in the Gospels is intelligence praised as a virtue.

Everything I was afraid of when I was growing up, I've become. I've taken on my nightmares, like the devil and the end of the world, and I've become those things.

If I had to do a record review, I'd say it's got a cannibal, consumption, obsessive, violent-sex, romance angle, but with an upbeat swing to it.

If they think that an artist can destroy their faith, then their faith is rather fragile.

I fall in love with everything I also hate everything. It’s very hard to be a misanthrope and a romantic.

I've seen my own death in dreams like this and it's helped me appreciate life more. I've also seen my own life in dreams and it's helped me appreciate death more.

It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.