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.

Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.

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.

What I want people to recognize is that we have to keep working together and take charge because we all have the same story.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're experiencing it in a completely different way and hearing stuff that they're alerted to because the way the interpret the world is through their ears. Mine is through my eyes.