My tombstone would someday read I died keeled over at my computer writing a screenplay or a business plan.

Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on screen.

Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children.

For as long as I can remember, I've always had a wild imagination and always enjoyed reading and writing.

There is truly no other business in the world like making movies. It's unique, it's extremely demanding and difficult, but it's also the most rewarding.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail.

I've already made several friends-for-life from the latest movies I've worked on, and I know I'll make several more in the years to come.

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.

I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.

I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began.

Most people just want to be left in peace to eat their bacon, not realising that there is no peace behind bacon.

I intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance.

Wherever our lives lead us, one thing is certain. You and I will always be connected. You might be able to deny that, but I can't. Even I am not that good a liar.

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet.

Donald Trump is not a very bright or nice man. Bad combination.

One function of the imagination in autobiographical writing is to allow the writer to try out different versions of the self.

When we better understand the realities of these women's lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.

Is there a difference? Yes. We are in harmony with nature, but never at peace.

2020. There'll be cold fusion. We'll actually be able to power our cars with our own feces. That's right. The emissions problem will be a little intense, but just light a match.