Most screen violence is tedious.

The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike.

There's that kind of song, "Whoah baby, I love you," which doesn't have a visual element, but a very strong emotional element, and these are the great songs to me - those ones that you put them on and they just make you feel great, or whatever.

I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the language and the stories. I felt that the God being talked about there, who was this insane, vindictive patriarch - it was kind of thrilling, and titillated something in me at the time.

Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.

It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.

I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.