You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

Most screen violence is tedious.

When I’m singing “Deanna,” for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular person, which I find really comforting and exciting to sing about.

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.

I'm hugely self-critical in the morning.