As Americans, we must protect our humanity while fighting terrorism. It we lose that…they have surely won.

Fear in the absence of certainty can inspire men to do unimaginable things.

Some would say that they are terrorists. Others would say that they are freedom fighters. It depends on which side of the flames you are on...

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

Failure is only an experience. Experience is the foundation of any success.

Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences—all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel it.

The cry of the poor is is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is.

Above all, art should be fun.

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

There's something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing a shoe on the field.

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'

As a director myself, you want to have colleagues and collaborators that respect your authority as the director. I'm very comfortable with that, and I've done a lot of work in second unit.

Change comes from a degree of discomfort that allows for and spurs thought and action.