All surfers are joined by one ocean.

Surfing teaches patience . On land, surfers cannot will a swell to appear. They have to wait for nature to make the call. So surfers wait . They keep their eyes on the horizon and they wait.

Surfing is all about uncertainty. That feeling of taking a risk, that leap of faith every time I jump into the ocean, that paddle out among things unseen — all of these make surfing very special

I will catch a wave every day, even in my mind.

The energy that moves across the ocean connects all surfers who ride it.

One word defines the essence of surfing better for me than any other — stoke . One of the best things about stoke is that you can pass it along to someone who has never heard the expression.

The tedious never die

Almost lost you," he thought, surprised to find himself blinking back tears. "Been through too much, me and you. We're going to finish this thing together.

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

I think ultimately the film 'Room' is a kind of hymn to motherhood and to the everyday heroism of parents who find their smiles in terrible times.

I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building.

It's not like I'm such a shiny happy person either, you know? I'm a wreck too, I'm just... still alive.

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

Fear is born in uncertainty and nourished by pessimism.

I am a figure skater, which helps me appreciate Newton's theory of mechanics.

Do everything as in the eye of another.