Chuck Dixon was maybe the first writer I really liked who turned out to have asinine personal views. It's almost nostalgic.

Just a man who has absolutely delighted me for most of my life. I'm glad to see him still thriving.

I have a few of these - Gabriel Byrne. Kevin Spacey. Tilda Swinton. Probably the most recent one is Mads Mikkelsen, who just has this incredible magnetism that's always captivating, whether he's giving an elegant monologue (Hannibal) or almost totally mute (Valhalla Rising).

Fargo (the movie). I was in college when it came out, so I was mostly focused on silly accents and guys being shoved into woodchippers. The richer aspects of the movie definitely come out later in life, when you can relate better to perp and cop alike. And oh god, that scene with Marge and the guy from high school has…

Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" and Trainspotting.

At the risk of being a prisoner of the shiniest, newest thing, I have to go with Stranger Things on Netflix. Whatever weaknesses of mythology or plot it may have, it has a precise and crafted essence that immediately made me eight years old again.