“Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is ...” — Wallace Stevens Quote

“Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress.”

“Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.”

“If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.”

“I didn't start wearing makeup until I was in art school, and many of the techniques I learned on canvas, I applied to makeup.”

“I always wanted to work at 'Take A Break' magazine, you know, just to inject a little bit of politics into their stories. I applied for a job there after I'd done my law degree and didn't even get an interview. I only wrote 'Garnethill' because I didn't get that job!”

“I've taken the experiences that I've had in the theatre and applied them to film and television and now games.”