I strive for what you do find in Shakespeare's work - that there is a definite humanity and a definite character behind the writing in the sonnets, and it's very real because it's so deeply personal. I try to aspire to that in what I do.

I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.

I'll always be a boulevardier. I have an extreme reverence and romantic longing for all that is decrepit and fatalistic.

I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.

Life is a game and true love is a trophy.