An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking.

The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.

What was the worst thing you've ever done? I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me...the most dreadful thing.

My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as I did.

Occasionally.. .what you have to do is go back to the beginning and see everything in a new way.

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear.

Sometimes it is right to fear the dark.

Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don't want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled.

Get your life. Because while you are neglecting yourself for whatever cause, that is exactly what everyone else is doing -- children, spouse, co-workers, etc.

I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.

Without my relatives, I am but a thread; together, we form a colorful and elaborate Persian carpet.

I'm a little bit of a control freak.

Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?

Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.

We believe we will raise the sky, we got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me please.

No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing.