Quotes from Bill Condon

I think it would be fun to write about movies again.

Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.

But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has become rampant in recent years.

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

I had a couple of movies that I was passionately involved with that I could never get made. 'Richard Pryor ' I wrote for - gosh - over a year. That was close to getting made for two-and-a-half years after that. We're still pushing it, you know. It is weird. Suddenly you wake up and it's like, 'God, five years have gone by.'

No, 'F/X 2' was a job. I enjoyed doing it but that was definitely a job. I wrote that, I didn't direct it but 'Candyman' and the earlier horror movies I made, I was completely into horror and suspense and always have been. It's informed everything I've done, even the way scenes are shot in 'Kinsey and 'Gods and Monsters.'

Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series 'Dark Shadows ' which I followed avidly as a kid.

Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no dictionary has a name for.

That day I think we really saw each other for the first time. I mean, saw beyond the bag of bones on the outside. You take away her pretty and my plain and what you get underneath is about the same: a couple of lost girls looking to be found.

If you can't get a boy, get a book.

She's an old, close-to-the-ground, jelly-belly woman with bald patches showing through her wispy grey hair. It doesn't seem like she's got a lot going for her, but she's still smiling. Been around the sunflowers too long, I'd say.

I'll save me money, thanks. Already diagnosed meself, anyway. I'm a cactus.' 'Cactus? Right. Great work, there, Doc. I'm glad you're not my bloody doctor.

The thing I've noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you're not alone. You've got friends and family. That's how we get by. We talk and share and eat cake and giggle in the dark, even when we're scared - no, especially when we're scared.

When are you gunna forget that? It was ages ago.' Only last year, actually. Reggie was convinced he had cancer because he had a black pot on his tongue - he switched to tea bags after the doctor told him it was a tea leaf.

I like you but you mightn't feel the same way about me, and I wouldn't blame you. To save us both from any awkward moments I've figured out an easy way to do this. Nod if you're even slightly interested in getting to know me. Write a ten page explanation if you're not.

Bull stares into the hazy distance as though the right words are out there somewhere and all he has to do is claim them as his own. Sometimes it gets so quiet in Gungee you can hear conversations from a hundred years ago breathing on a gust of wind.

I smile at the phone, wishing Reggie could see me. 'You're alright then, luv? No dramas?' 'Not a one.' I reach the kitchen. 'Thanks for thinking about me.' 'Gotta look after my girl. Only one I got.' My smile gets even bigger.

I wouldn't go against Reggie and actively encourage Zoe to move in, but I think she and I would do okay together. If nothing else she could help me in my never-ending campaign. Some people want to save the rivers or save the whales, even save the entire planet - I just want to keep the toilet seat down.

About two months after this photo was taken I was born and my mum died - clean swap. Caring about someone I never knew doesn't make sense, but that's how it is. This photo means a lot. There must be some invisible mother-daughter wiring that runs from her image in a straight line to my heart.

Reggie always wears the team jersey - and a pair of shorts - no matter how cold it gets. I'm betting he dreams about one day being called on to make a comeback. 'We need five tries in the last three minutes. It's almost impossible, Reggie. That's why I'm asking you.' 'Piece of cake, Dusty. Here, mind me false teeth.' Dusty's been with the Gunners as long as I can remember. He's an institution - or he should be in one - it's one of the two.

There's nothing quite as good as folding up into a book and shutting the world outside.

Hey, Tiffany. If I have to walk - if I have to steal a horse - I'll be there

No piece of writing is ever finished. It's just due.

Some people save the world and some make up the numbers. But then Thorns stumbled along.