"I draw in my sleep (dream of drawing) a lot. I don't think I have ever drawn anything in real life while I was sleeping, though. I do keep a pad near my bed, just in case."

“Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.”

“We do know that the Bandido gang in Houston does drug deal. There are a bunch of people being convicted for heavyweight narcotics trafficking from the gang.”

“The things in our lives that die and can't be laid to rest hurt the most.”

“I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing and listen.”

“When I'm filming something, I quite forget that it's all still got to come together and be edited. I'm so engrossed in trying to do the best I can on a day to day basis that I forget that people will see it and judge it.”

“I don't have expectations with people, but I have very high standards for myself. The only time I get disappointed in life is when I disappoint myself.”

“I loved moustaches. I used to draw myself with one. When I was 14, I was really into war and Van Gogh.”

Source : "The importance of being Childish" by Tim Teeman, The Times, December 02, 2006.

“It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.”