The absence of God’s answer is a clear answer

Rocked in the cradle of the deep I lay me down in peace to sleep.

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out.

Humanity is at its greatest perfection in the race of the whites.

It goes without saying that when you're the manager of a Premiership club, you go eight miles down the road and get beaten by a team two divisions below you, it's disappointing.

Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.

Abyss-mongering makes professors and poets feel daring.

Even though I didn't write 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' I never felt left out of the creative process.

In art one is usually totally alone with oneself.

The wasting of finite resources is everyones business

I suppose if I gave myself the chance I could be an alcoholic.