Joseph Butler

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.