I hope I never get so old I get religious.

We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.

But because we've all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone.

I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.

I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.