Clothes moths (and the imminent threat of world war three).

Insanity. I am on a recovery programme – clean from drugs and drink for many years – and if I stopped doing all that stuff I’d go crazy pretty quick and pick up drugs again, because I was a real fucking addict.

Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently, it was horrific.

I’m always afraid of false certainty about things

The studios are superreluctant to give final cut. They have so much money riding on these things, so they want a committee to go and rule the roost.

But there’s always a way. Sometimes restrictions are a big blessing.

There are so many people I’ve loved working with, but you’ve got to get the right person for the project.

And yet I can’t tell you, for no one can prove what happens on the other side. It’s like anybody’s guess until it happens. You can say, I believe this would happen, but you can’t prove it.

To me, the greatest master that ever walked the earth. Maybe some could be as great, but none could be greater.

I’m in a transition, Hans. I am painting, and I am painting over and then painting, and then painting over, and destroying, and painting, and destroying, and painting over. I am just trying to find the next thing, and the only way I think I can find it is to keep doing things and learning from it.