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.

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.

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.

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

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.

To the stars who listen – and the dreams that are answered.

Sometimes in the quest for enlightenment the only thing that gets lighter is your wallet.

Being nice is state of "Probability", not a state of "possibility".

Oftentimes, when people write me 4,000-word letters, I write them back and tell them if their problem's that complicated, they probably need a lawyer or a cop, and not me.

A friend of Nicole Ritchie told the New York Post that Nicole is definitely pregnant.

When your mother starts using the word "party" as a verb about her kid, that's absolutely crazy.

Everything we do has consequences.

I learnt a lot about coaching from observing other coaches. I would recommend that they attend coaching courses and coach development opportunities wherever possible

There's not one cast member of 90210 who didn't throw a tantrum to two themselves.

How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?