Warren ellis

[Ellis, who lives in France, recorded some of the violin loops at his house.] It was very different to making a normal record, ... There were no boundaries in that respect, and I enjoyed much more than I thought I would. The music had to be very flexible, and as a result it has a very improvised, loose feel. But that's fine. Beethoven and Mozart did not write with films in mind either.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Sometimes there is a bit of hurdle in getting men into a spa, but once they go, they're usually hooked.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men