We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Failure is always an option.

I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

So much is yet to come. Soon will be blankets and pillows, and books by the bed to make the stuff of dreams. And then tomorrows.

Some might tell you there's no hope in hand Just because they feel hopeless But you don't have to be a thing like that You be a ship in a bottle set sail

Don't die a pauper, don't die a commoner and a weakling.

The internet in general and social networking sites in particular are making people more reclusive than social.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

Your friend, your enemy, your neutral all are equal. Genuine compassion is unbiased.

Tell me where it is gone — then I will tell you where it came from.

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

Anything I do, I do with my heart. This is why I sometimes get very upset or sometimes get very personal when I'm working.

Twin Peaks' was the best job I ever had as an actor.