Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.

What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality.

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.

The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.