If it's not true, don't say it; if it's not right, don't do it.

There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.

My belief is that no movie, nothing in life, leaves people neutral. You either leave them up or you leave them down.

A vital step for the technology sector is to signpost legitimate search options far more clearly and to delete links to sites that promote illegally sourced content.

At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways that almost any other art form in popular culture struggles to compete with.

A country that fails to value its teachers, fails to value its future.

At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.

I've always sensed what a script should sound like - even before the movie's been made

What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.

Most parliamentarians don't have a clue as regards the challenges or the opportunities the games industry faces.

We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans

Of necessity she went further in aversion than she had gone in love, for her hatred was not in proportion to her love but to her disappointed hopes.

can't hold my tongue.

I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.

There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

As he left to answer the call, she heard him exclaiming in wonderment on the rise. "Rocks, Nash. Is that a river mare out there? Do you see her? Have you ever laid eyes on a more gorgeous creature?

I do think there is a sort of natural balance in nature between men and women, and that it's being thrown off-balance by the social and economic inequities between men and women.

The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,' don't correlate very well with who's actually good at making predictions.

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.