I got frustrated with films like "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact," where the only answer to deal with a Near-Earth Object is basically Bruce Willis with a big drill.

The biggest misconception usually is to assume that I am a scientist and that I work for scientists. I work for the public to access the surreal and fantastical in science.

Critical design aims to really push the boundaries of design and to reconsider the element of fiction.

I believe that, by taking an extreme approach, you really get the public to actively engage with a cause or a research ,and that is what motivates me with space exploration.

I make films but I am trained as a designer. I come from this series of designers called critical designers, speculative designers.

Children always give this simple message: Be natural, be sincere, be yourself!

If you have no idea what I’m about to do, just watch and wait..then you’ll see time spin to a stop right before your eyes..and you’ll forget that world you once knew

It's what runners do. We keep on keeping on

Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

I get a kick out of watching him. Everything he does has that extra flourish.

It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.

My point is, God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.

It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam.

That's really what wealth does for you. It gives you freedom to make choices.

And, by the way, I adore you.... in frightening, dangerous ways.