I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again.

I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you.

There are messages about civilisations and we are trying to be true to history as much as possible. We wanted all this to gel with some good theory about why these civilisations went down, why they weakened and crumbled. Because they did, they vanished.

An acid is like a woman: a good one will eat through your pants.

I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well, and I think it has an effect on me.

The guy who's in charge isn't going to be the front man, ever.

There are certain things that I will do viscerally to affect people emotionally, with speed changes and sound, and various other things. Sure there are links; the same kind of sensibilities went into it and I worked on writing that script as well so there was an emphasis on a minimalisation of dialogue as far as possible, to focus on the visual and to put it in another language, of course.