Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages.

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.

If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.