Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.

I didn't feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people's fingerprints all over that aspect.

I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.

I'll tell you one big misconception. Cops never say 'Freeze!' It might be misinterpreted. They might think you were, like, ordering fries. Or that you had fleas.

It's so archaic... someone is walking around with that mindset. I'm mad. ... I don't bother anybody.