Being an atheist makes someone a clearer thinking, fairer person. They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things because they're right, because they live by a moral code.

Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.

When you get back into the editing suite in the cold light of day, the written stuff is better.

It will be great to play a short, fat sweaty loser for a change.

You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say 'I did that.'

Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them.

If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.