“We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.”

“I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”

“Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore.”

“I don't think anybody's necessarily ready for death. You can only hope that when it approaches, you feel like you've said what you wanted to say. Nobody wants to go out in mid-sentence.”

“I suppose nowadays it's all a question of surgery, isn't it? Of course the notion is beautiful, the idea of staying a boy and a child forever, and I think you can. I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it's important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it's great fun growing old.”

“Better to not know which moment may be your last. Every morsel of your entire being alive to the infinite mystery of it all.”

“As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.”