It's the age old thing: If you want to get elected, blame immigrants. It worked in the 20th century and it works now, and it's heart-breaking to see people make the same mistakes. They're looking at a complicated world, but they just keep blaming immigrants, and it's really disturbing that people haven't got past that.

We almost need to cultivate - I hate to sound New Age-y - but to cultivate a positive bias, and really work to focus on those things and notice those things that are wonderful and uplifting.

Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.

I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted with the strangeness of the world.

When I was in my twenties, I thought I was bulletproof.

Sacha Baron Cohen is one of my heroes.

The moment that you impose your will on another person or animal, that's when we are allowed to say you have committed an ethical breach.