Rivalry doesn't help anybody.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

To the infinite, all finites are equal.

He Who Owns Himself Is Never Alone.

I will no longer be judged by the standards of others. I will judge myself. I will not live by someone else's rules. I will make my own.

Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.

That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew.

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation.

I can't say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me.

The research on cyberspace is a quest for God. To be God. To be here and there.

Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.