There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.

If it's not true, don't say it; if it's not right, don't do it.

My belief is that no movie, nothing in life, leaves people neutral. You either leave them up or you leave them down.

A vital step for the technology sector is to signpost legitimate search options far more clearly and to delete links to sites that promote illegally sourced content.

At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways that almost any other art form in popular culture struggles to compete with.

A country that fails to value its teachers, fails to value its future.

At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.

I've always sensed what a script should sound like - even before the movie's been made

What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.

Most parliamentarians don't have a clue as regards the challenges or the opportunities the games industry faces.

Alchemy: In times of recession it's not wise to argue about the price of gold.

I will be a fisher of souls!

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.

I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later.

I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country.

So vast is that Being that there's enough room for every sensation to have its momentary play.

Success will ruin your life.

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.