I haven't forgotten what it was like to be a kid; especially a misunderstood one

I'm obviously first and foremost a British filmmaker on a global scale, but when it comes to narrowing it down, I really feel like my voice is in the Midlands and outside of London.

Bullying and violence that exists in someone can also be inherent in a nation without us knowing it.

You have to make a film and make it interesting, so you can't have a shot of you cleaning your teeth just because you did that. It's boring!

The violence at the end is about personal torture.

To be absolutely certain about something one must know everything or nothing about it.

After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

Do something good and someone might imitate it.

I'm not a fighter. I'm not a tough guy at all. I walk away from fights.

This, indeed, is one of the eternal paradoxes of both life and literature-that without passion little gets done; yet, without control of that passion, its effects are largely ill or null.

The real name for 'science' is magic.

With a chuckle, Jack mumbled under his breath to Nick. 'It's like watching the preppy, well-bred versions of you and me trash-talking.

Every time we open our hearts, we create the space for a global alternative.

Metro was really a star-builder, no doubt about that. You were wrapped in cotton wool.

You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.