Richard ellis

No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species ... deeply informed and crafted with artistry.

[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.

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

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

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.