I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move.

Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

We are increasingly offered a diet [by Hollywood] in which sensation, not story, is king.

Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.

The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.

People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand.

Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.

I am still cautiously hopeful about the potential of the Internet. But it seems that the greatest revolution in communication has been hijacked by commercial values.

We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.

We have allowed a situation to develop in which it is legal for a multibillion dollar industry to own, wholly and in perpetuity, the intimate and personal details of children.

Are you on our side...and want to be different, or are you on that side and want to throw a football at my head!?

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

I am only one. The best person I can possibly be.

I do not have a beautiful face, soft skin or a pretty smile, but I know how to inspire a bunch of pretty and lovely girls.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.

I am the only man who can say he's been in Take That and at least two members of the Spice Girls.

Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.

We are born in this world to lose as well as to gain, to have happiness as well as misery. Enrich your mind by understanding this and improve, gaining stability thereby.

Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet.