"Music from my iPod was setting my life to a dramatic soundtrack that only I could hear."

“It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation”

“Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.”

Source : Leo Burnett (1961). “Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett”

“Filmmaking is not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don't believe in it. I like ups and downs. They're the best way to translate my feelings to the screen.”

“The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is”

Source : "L’Wren’s Got a Brand-New Bag". www.interviewmagazine.com. June 9, 2011.

“If one person in America had starved over the last 20 years, you, reader, would know his name. The media would see to that. It would be the most thoroughly documented death since John Kennedy's.”

“I've always been hopelessly stuck in the present.”

Source : Good Reads interview, www.goodreads.com. October, 2009.

“I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on me very early on, probably even more than Disney. I think that's what made me interested in animation: His work.”

“Those who say they would write a book if only they had time will never become authors.”