Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. I go into my office every day that I'm in Brighton and work. Whether I feel like it or not is irrelevant.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

Ivy was particularly adept at being ignorant but could cause extensive havoc with the smallest scrap of information.

If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it could be a really ugly swan.

I never plan anything in an analytical way before I shoot, but when I look back there seems to be kind of a primary color palette.

I think a sense of humor is the most important thing anyone can have.

I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them in the woods. They scare me. All men. Dirty and wearing red.

Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.

My legs have become accustomed to the treadmill. And in L.A., running on the street is asking for a distracted texting driver to knock you over.

There is nothing more productive of problems than a really good solution.

But I suspect that all writers come up with premises of some kind, fragments of narrative or scenarios, in the course of a working week.

Fly with me, touch the face of the true God. And then cry with joy at the depth of my love.