In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength.

Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.

I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.

I have respect for beer.

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.

I love going shopping. I have a black belt in it.

God bless America, God Save the Queen, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

We can't repay our good luck with bad grace. It invites darkness.

If you live like it’s the past and you behave like it’s the past, then guys from the future find it very hard to see you.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

The burnt-off connectors and shadows where Ravan once filled my spaces— those, I think, are the sensations of grief.

Get down with your old Allman Bros. records!

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

and the sad notes floated out to the patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly

The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.

It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.

The fact that some people can push others to the point of thinking that their lives are not worthy is catastrophic.

I generally had to give in.

It's far too easy to qualify as an eccentric nowadays.