The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.

Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

We are increasingly offered a diet [by Hollywood] in which sensation, not story, is king.

Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.

People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand.

Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.

I am still cautiously hopeful about the potential of the Internet. But it seems that the greatest revolution in communication has been hijacked by commercial values.

We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.

I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move.

We have allowed a situation to develop in which it is legal for a multibillion dollar industry to own, wholly and in perpetuity, the intimate and personal details of children.

Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.""Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.

Plan, prepare and grow. Repeat.

I believe we've been given free will, and we can take responsibility for our own lives and for creating our own environments - which I think at times can be a little much for people to deal with.

The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.

Those who raise envy will easily incur censure.

I had hoped God would be neutral.

I pestered the hell out of everybody I ran into until I could play the guitar well enough to write and sing with it.

When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder.

Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.