I do think that it's always okay to show too little. People will still be interested. So why show too much?

Generally speaking, it's a very hard thing to wrap your head around that a drone operator in Nevada can be releasing munitions in the Middle East.

I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.

If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn't a human?

I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.

I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world.

When I was in my early 20s, I was quite into Japanese animation. It's like the same thing that I end up always saying which is, imagery based stuff is the thing that really gets me.

If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble.

A lot of America is kind of done. People have been making films about it for 100 years. Everything to me feels used up. But Jo-Burg feels unbelievably inspirational to me.

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate.

There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are actually beneficial on an evolutionary basis.

I am done looking for love where it doesn’t exist. I am done coughing up dust in attempts to drink from dry wells.

We are souls of unlimited possibilities, yet limited by our minds!

It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star

In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.

Believe it can be done. When you really believe something can be done, your mind will find the ways to do it.

IMMORTAL is an ample word When what we need is by, But when it leaves us for a time, 'Tis a necessity.

Such a Saint, such an offering.

The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it.

Between Peaks There Are Always Valleys. How You Manage Your Valley Determines How Soon You Reach Your Next Peak.

I think one of my biggest strengths overall is staying in the moment.