I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon.
Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore.
I have the infinite galaxy from '2001 as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I can just stare off into the stars.
Possession and exorcism is something that's in every religion and every culture. It's a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits? What happens if something else takes over it? Where does the spirit go?
Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.
I've always been a fan of 3D, going back to movies in the '50s. I was part of the early '80s 3D craze, which was coming at you in Jaws 3D, so I've always wanted to make a 3D film.
My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, most of them.
I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.
It is partly the absence of recorded history which sends women now to the lives of women past for the detailed documentation of their daily lives.
Don't trust people whose feelings change with time. . . Trust people whose feelings remain the same, even when the time changes.
What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her.