I don't give a toss about writing really. It's a bit ironic that the things I'm really into are music and football, and I have never really been good at either.

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.

For 'Filth,' we had about 12 producers on the thing. The opening credits go on for months. Most of them are actually financers rather than producers. And the only way that we could raise the budget without interference from a studio was to have a lot of different financers on board.

I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?

I've eaten ice cream from all over the world, but until you've tasted Graham's from Geneva, Illinois, you haven't had ice cream at all.