I don't know if I was ever looking for this kind of success- it came along as a by-product of concentrating on what I was doing.

Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.

I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.

I have respect for beer.

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.

I love going shopping. I have a black belt in it.

God bless America, God Save the Queen, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

We can't repay our good luck with bad grace. It invites darkness.

If you live like it’s the past and you behave like it’s the past, then guys from the future find it very hard to see you.

I've done a lot of training in martial arts. I started out in warring tempo, I did sports jujitsu, and I've also practiced extreme martial arts.

Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything.

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.

Look carefully at the closest associations in your life, for that is the direction you are heading.

Some day when I lose you, will you still be able to sleep, without me to whisper over you like a crown of linden branches?

I take this evanescence and lubricity of all objects, which lets them slip through our fingers then when we clutch hardest, to be the most unhandsome part of our condition.

Live enough of what you've always dreamed of doing, and there's no room left for feeling bad.

Medicine is intention. Those who are proficient at using intention are good doctors.

Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.