The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

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.

The historian without his facts is rootless and futile

Whoever is godly, loves good.

Self awareness is only powerful when knowledge is understood and applied, only then can it manifest into true wisdom!

When I make love to you, Lanie, I want you to feel every inch of me buried deep inside of you, loving you, worshiping your body...

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope.

The world is difficult and we are all breakable. So just be kind.

I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else.

The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.

Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God.

You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.