From a biology point of view, the purpose of humanity is to ensure his survival by expanding his domain into the stars.

China's success lies on being a communist community within and a capitalist company outside.

Communism in a capitalist world requires eliminating the hope of the citizens for owning what others own.

The very least thing one should learn at the university is how to reach new knowledge.

There are three books my daughter felt were the most important influences in her life: the Bible her mother's cookbook and her father's checkbook.

There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made.

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

We do not learn much from learned books, but from true, sincere, human books, from frank and honest biographies.

The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me

The nourishment from barbecue is palatable.

The function of the brain is to reduce all the available information and lock us into a limited experience of the world. LSD frees us from this restriction and opens us to a much larger experience.