There are good and bad critics like good or bad artists. A good critic says why they didn't like it. A bad critic gives it away that they don't like you as a person. I quite like that as well, because it means that I've won.

We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.

Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats.

When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.

A joke isn't yours. It's used and you don't know where it's been.

Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.