A whole new world of Italian music was springing up, and [Giuseppe] Verdi was seen as old. Boito got Verdi all excited about the possibility of doing another opera, another kind of opera. In fact, Verdi composed his two best operas, Otello and Falstaff, in his eighties.

I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.

We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. And if I've done anything, I've had kids express themselves as they are.

I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them.

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!

Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.