You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate.

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.

When you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done.

I write what I want to read. If I were to write what I know, I'd be staring at a blank page forever.

When we fail, our pride supports us, and when we succeed it betrays us.

I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.

You have to be taught to hate.

It's those that fight hardest for freedom who are never free.

It's just that I've learned that somebody's appearance doesn't always match what's going on inside him. You can't look at a guy's face and see his demons.

It's fun when the ball is going in the hole and things are going right, but it's a miserable game when things aren't going well.

The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.