Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.

I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.

Trying to ground everything in reality was the most important thing to me.

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

Once you know the world you know how your character fits into it.

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.

I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.

I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?

I think it's possible to make a blockbuster that is actually emotional. They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better.

I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to.

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

When you think there is nothing left to improve on, your business dies, for there is no shortage of innovators

I fail enough and I beat myself up enough. I don't need anybody else to do it for me.

There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.

I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it

You are always free to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do not do at all

I eat the same foods but half the quantity.

The challenge is to develop visions, strategies, design and innovation, not just for surviving but for thriving in this new globalising society.

The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.