John Oliver

"Often in these pieces, the people who you think come across the worst are the ones that call up the next day and say, 'Can I have 20 copies of that on DVD for my friends?' 'You can if you really want...'" John Oliver

Michael Cera

"I feel comfortable wearing clothes that don't tell people 'Hey, I'm gonna... be hip!' Since I was 15 I've felt kinda like... an old man." Michael Cera

Finn Andrews

"I grew up being told that a lot of the music I loved was ‘depressing music’ – people like Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave. I thought listening to these people were some of the greatest joys in the world." Finn Andrews

Sidney Poitier

"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists in the loved one, perfection." Sidney Poitier

Hal Hartley

"Never underestimate the weirdness of being young and having people writing about you everywhere, whether they're saying you're a smart guy or an asshole. And I had plenty of both." Hal Hartley

Steve Zahn

"I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero." Steve Zahn

Charlie Kaufman

"I tend to not only read reviews, but also every little stupid thing online. It's a very bad idea. There are a lot of angry people in the world." Charlie Kaufman

David Mitchell

"One of the things that annoys me about the modern world is you're always supposed to want the next challenge. I don't want the next challenge, I've never liked challenges. I'm not a neck-sticker-outer kinda guy. I just want to keep doing now what I'm doing." David Mitchell

Jason Lytle

“There’s nothing wrong with a little mystery… I’ve had songs that I carried around for years, just hoping that someday I’d wander into the path of them and I’d find them again. There’s a magic there that is something of a bygone era now, with the Internet and the apps that you can hold your phone up to the radio.” Jason Lytle

Robert Sheehan

“I’ve been largely undecided about everything for most of my life.” Robert Sheehan

Raymond Carver

"I have to believe in miracles and the possibility of resurrection. No question about that.
Every day that I wake up, I'm glad to wake up." Raymond Carver 

Albert Camus

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." Albert Camus

Keith Moon

"People say you're eccentric. Which is a polite way of saying you're fucking mad." Keith Moon

J D Salinger





"I seldom care to know a writer's birthplace, his children's names, his working schedule, the date of his arrest for smuggling guns (the gallant rogue!) during the Irish Rebellion. The writer who tells you these things is also very likely to have his picture taken wearing an open-collared shirt-and he's sure to be looking three-quarter-profile and tragic. He can also be counted on to refer to his wife as a swell gal or a grand person." J D Salinger

Thelonius Monk

"A note can be small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination." Thelonius Monk

Joan Didion

"When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, that is when we join the fashionable madmen." Joan Didion

Jean-Luc Godard

"I am not an auteur, well, not now anyway. We once believed we were auteurs but we weren't. We had no idea, really." Jean-Luc Godard

Allen Ginsberg

"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers." Allen Ginsberg

Aldous Huxley

"It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels." Aldous Huxley

Woody Guthrie

“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” Woody Guthrie 

Gaz Coombes

“I would get ideas for a beat while I was having a cup of tea." Gaz Coombes

John Safran

"I requested an interview. And today received a rejection letter from the jailed murderer who said my work was too ethically suspect for him." John Safran

Glen Hansard

"When I find something I love, I want everyone to hear it. And I thought, 'the best way for me to advertise this poem to all my friends is to call my record after it.' I love the idea of talking about James Stephens. I kind of prefer talking about James Stephens to talking about myself sometimes." Glen Hansard

Wes Anderson

"I rely on corduroy. My suits last a couple of years. I have a guy who makes them specially for me. They're very inexpensive and I can just call him up and say, 'Can I have another one please?'" Wes Anderson.

Steve Coogan

"There's just something funny about people being delusional and self-deprecating." Steve Coogan

Joel Gion

"You're walking down the street, and some construction worker goes, 'Hey, what's up with those shoes -- those look like girl's shoes!' But I know they're totally rad Beatle boots, which are the coolest shoes that anybody could ever have.” Joel Gion