Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs.

I have to start my real life soon, before I die of boredom and frustration.

Film is a medium of clear lines and broad strikes - which can be fantastic - but compared to the subtleties and nuances of a novel, it doesn't even get close.

We talked filth for a pleasant half hour.

In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music.

To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.

I let people off the hook too easily.