Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great writing and great ideas. Blade Runner was full of them.

It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have [in aliens]. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there.

In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it.

Once you crack the script, everything else follows.

Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

Someone ought to write a novel about me.

The thing that made me turn more towards writing was realizing how hard it was going to be to get a singular vision on film and how much more control I would have if I were writing novels.

Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.

How tragic that the very thing that could set us free-playing the fool-is the thing we will not do. When we're afraid to be fools, we end up being afraid to be anything.

Late, I learned that when reason died, then Wisdom was born; before that liberation, I had only knowledge.

North Dakota is a great state. Everybody is real supportive up there. I couldn't ask for a better place to call home.