Make me a shadow on the wall!

Never underestimate the ridiculous things that have been done in the name of religious-semantic obscurity.

There was almost a flicker of humanity in the man. The kind of human who pulled wings off flies as a kid, but still human.

You know how it is -- you get older, you get wiser, you start to ask yourself 'is it any use being able to summon creatures of the nether deeps when I could be watching BBC 4?

A small child being dragged to bed peered curiously at me as it passed, then waved. We waved back, not being entirely sure how else to respond to small creatures like that.

Make me a shadow on the wall.

Men don't ask other men if they're getting home OK, they just assume that beneath the frail, weak exterior lurks a muscle-building kung fu master fearless of ever being mugged.

We be light, we be life, we be fire! We sing electric flame, we rumble underground wind, we dance heaven! Come be we and be free!

...for life is magic, magic is life, the left-over life we don't even notice we're living.

Whatever happened next, good or bad, it would be wonderful finding out.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but paranoia was what tied it up in a sack and buried it in wet concrete.

On December 9, 1994, Yeltsin issued a statement ordering the Federal army to execute the disarmament of all illegal armed units in Chechnya, or as they were known locally, the government.

Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.

My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.

I was trying to think of a word that was not offensive. Yeah, Harry [Elfont] is right - it is kind of a different MTV for sure.

You stand next to the sea and you're in touch with all your longings and all your losses.

A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value.

To enable men to exercise that power is the object of protection.

Every artist is different - I work with a lot of artists from the ground up because it's really amazing to watch projects go from Minute 1.

And of course you are mad, if by a madman we mean a mind that questions and rejects every civilized norm.