A film star is a kind of public monument, and everyone's staring at them, and they've kind of got railings around them, and they're rather miserable most of the time.

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form.

...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television.

I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.

there is no reason why anyone should understand how it works… and of course no reason why anyone should care … unless you are curious, in which case I love you, for curiosity about the world and all its corners is a beautiful thing.

Like vichyssoise, revenge is a dish best served cold.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.