I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up; a lot of these insecurities fuel the movies I make.

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

Diversity isn’t a trend

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'

What is the use for a man to have at his disposal a large field of action, if within himself he remains confine to the narrow limits of his individuality.

Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.

Factory farming is the attitude that commodifies sentient life.

Right and wrong are not simply matters of evolutionary impacts and what is natural.

The separation of powers is about legislative powers. It isn't about discussion or words.

Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.

Wisdom considers not only the cost of a choice, but also its value.