Whether the Virgin Mary existed, I don't know. But the human need for her to appear in tortilla, that's what inspires my interest.

Shaving your head is acceptable. It's when you start wearing toupees and brushing your hair over that things go wrong.

I love it when celebrities fall apart, you want them to fall apart like Charlie Sheen.

Sometimes people will think, I need to have pre-sanctioned spiritual joy. Getting joy from my contemplative meditation practice or getting joy from reading Thich Nhat Hahn books. Those things can be joyful but I think it’s the small, simple joys of playing with dogs or having sex with someone you love or going for a walk outside, stuff that we tend to ignore.

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

There's an aesthetic theme, which is cities at two o'clock in the morning. Not cities packed with people going out to clubs and dancing but desolate, empty streets. It's off-putting but there's a strange comfort to it as well, that desolate urban environment.

I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.