In snowboarding, you're constantly aware that people are so technically brilliant at what they do, and you feel like, "Ugh, I'll never be able to do that."

There's nothing better than finishing something and looking at it. Whether it be a script or a movie, it's this complete little thing that now exists and is hopefully immortal.

It's an important part of being a member of society to know what's happening in the world and to know where you fall in it and what you can do about it.

When you know you have a certain amount of work to finish, you just don't allow yourself to get sick again.

I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years.

Collaboration sometimes causes conflict, and sometimes it's easy, but the bringing together of great minds only adds.

If you really want to tell someone you love them, you don't just go and blurt it out. There's a dance. And your movie does that.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

You're always against the clock. But really just fighting for quality.

The apartments are made for eels.

Whenever you go with the cheaper option, you end up regretting it

One does not need to lock up that which is not dangerous.

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel.

It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.

A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.

A government is one that thinks and hears the voice of the poor. A government must live for the poor.

I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change.

Your biggest challenge is a middle class mindset; PFS goes against the traditional, middle class way of thinking.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.