I can kid people, including myself, into believing that something on the page will work. But when you film it, you just think, "Oh ...".

Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley

Vietnam, me love you long time. All day, all night, me love you long time.

Tourists went on holidays while travellers did something else. They travelled.

I've never been to Comic-Con, but I'm certainly aware from this side of the Atlantic that it's a very important part of film marketing now, even when the films are not directly linked to a comic.

I do all this alone, everything I achieve, I achieve alone, because it's my head I'm locked into, and I share this space with nobody but myself.

Waking was the most reliable part of a dream, as built into dreams as death is to life. You dream, you wake: you live, you die.

The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.

I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down.

I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters myself, and that's definitely very different to working with someone else's characters and stories.

I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A place where I'd felt instantly at home.

The distinctive feature of Christianity is blood atonement. Without it we cannot be saved. Blood is actually a symbol of the death of Christ.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart.

I shall go Up and down In my gown. Gorgeously arrayed, Boned and stayed.

We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.

There's nothing better than now.

The first thing I notice about a man are his shoes. Then I look at his watch.

Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.

To sum up the state of architecture in America: ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.

The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule.

To find equality for mankind, we must first remove the barriers that have divided us for so long.