I do not underestimate the difficulty of the challenge that global climate change presents to us. It will take a significant effort and the best talent and technology we have to solve the problem.

Its important not to focus so much on the statistics, but [on people's] perceptions.

The critics don't build great cities

I have flown ValuJet. ValuJet is a safe airline, as is our entire aviation system.

We have to get out of the mind-set of saying, "No matter how hard we try, we will have accidents," and into "We will not have accidents."

Many trees planted around a home reduce the need for air conditioning.

You must be the most beautiful and sophisticated thief I have ever met. Secretly you stole my heart without my knowledge.

Men tend to lie when it comes to sexual conquests. You should hear some of the ego-driven lies my friends have told me: 'Swear to God, man - the hooker gave the money back.'

Wine transforms moles into eagles.

I'm not quite at the point where I feel the need to wear disguises in public.

My prayer is that what we have gone through [World War One] will startle the world into some new realization of the sanctity of life, animal as well as human.

In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.

Being a husband and a dad is my inspiration.

What is a throne? A chair; ornamented but a poisonous chair!

Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.

But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself.