I mean the most important thing to me is imagination.

The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down there must be some truth in one's own imagination.

Then there was Clark Ashton Smith who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer but his imagination was wonderful.

On 'Into The Wild' I spent months risking my life and on 'Speed Racer' I spent 60 days acting in front of a green screen. No danger to my physical self but I sure had to use my imagination.

For some reason I can't explain artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music you need this youthful sense of discovery and wonder for what you're doing and keep your imagination open. That's a youthful way of looking at life and I think that reflects in how you age.

A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.

My life has been a gift up to this point and I've been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. And wherever this ride takes me is where I'm going.

Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case and I've fallen in love all my life one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different for better or worse.

I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination.

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well but for us imagination is worth far more.