This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art.
Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done.
I don't see why it's such a stretch for distributors, buyers, and studios to put cartoon characters into adult situations on film.
'Doctor Who' is pretty dark, I think. Generally it's dark; it's always been dark.
In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.
How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren't going to let me film it?
Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist's chair - but more enjoyable.
Painting, drawing - I'm really into photography, I've done it since high school.
If we were truly created by God, then why do we still occasionally bite the insides of our own mouths?
Encourage, lift and strenthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us all.
Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.
Being truly happy in life involves you feeling more in control of the direction your life is going.
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.
I think 'Gasland' is the doorway for a lot of people to see something happening in their backyard and realize the national and global implications.
Thousands upon thousands of people across America and many more across the globe are suffering at the hands of the oil and gas industry.
People treat citizens like they're some kind of unreliable source, but citizens are data. They are a data set.
I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep.
Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's.
