I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.'

They say crying makes the heart lighter

Keep your central character moving, discovering, learning.

I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.

One doesn’t question a miracle.

India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart.

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

When you make a movie, a dramatization based on the real experience of a living subject, you cant airbrush that away into to a perfect movie arc.

Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.

There isnt a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.

Success only comes to who is seeking every moment towards it

Paul was devoted to a Person, not a cause.

A journey of a thousand mile begins with a SMiLE

The purpose of a purpose is to fulfill a purpose

Even idiots ocasionally speak the truth accidentally.

Skyping with your spouse works well enough, but apparently it is hard to get the kids to hang out on Skype for long.

For small businesses, regulatory burdens can be overwhelming.

Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.