To have a huge, friendly whale willingly approach your boat and look you straight in the eye is without doubt one of the most extraordinary experiences on the planet.

The scary thing is that in my lifetime, 95 per cent of the world's rhinos have been killed.

There is something about dolphins. It is difficult to put into words.

Nothing speaks louder than an evocative photograph that stirs the imagination, tugs at the heart strings and engages the mind.

I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.

Why is my perception right? If it is wrong, then what is right?

What if you were always stuck in one place, your mind spinning and unable to go forward like tires clenched in mud, because the answers wouldn't reveal themselves to you?

I'm fascinated by idiots... Here's looking at you, kid!

I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.

John Moncur has been much more effective since he came on

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.

Films are like oxygen for me.

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.

So will you meet me?” “Yeah. Sure. Where.” “Montrag’s safe house in Connecticut. If you were the one who killed him, you know the address.

In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into us.