I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
I don't see life as an opportunity to see how far you can go in the pursuit of pain, although I think I've challenged it a bit.
I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one.
It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.
If you can't count on your heart having some kind of unified response, you can't count on anything. You use your heart as a barometer for your movie's completeness.
There's the old notion that where there's choice, there's chaos, and where there's no choice, there's clarity. If you've got no choice, you've gotta be there, and you've gotta have your heart in it. It leads to a much less self-conscious life.
I'd do anything to get a performance, short of malice.
I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.
…because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is ‘you like stuff. ’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, ‘you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.
Every movie presents its challenges.
I'm just a big old nerd.