The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.

I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

All humor is rooted in pain.

I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

You will know it is love not when you think about them all the time or want to be with them, but when you worry about them and you want their approval and happiness.

The only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

Life must be lived as play.

The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.

It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.

You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.

I'm one of those people that, when I read or get encapsulated by a world, I want to live and breathe and be there.