What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.

There is no education system in the world - none at all - that's better than its average teacher.

As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.

If it's not true, don't say it; if it's not right, don't do it.

My belief is that no movie, nothing in life, leaves people neutral. You either leave them up or you leave them down.

A vital step for the technology sector is to signpost legitimate search options far more clearly and to delete links to sites that promote illegally sourced content.

At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways that almost any other art form in popular culture struggles to compete with.

A country that fails to value its teachers, fails to value its future.

At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.

I've always sensed what a script should sound like - even before the movie's been made

Most parliamentarians don't have a clue as regards the challenges or the opportunities the games industry faces.

Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker

The most important subject in the curriculum in the future years will be how to love ourselves and be content.

But feelings aren't like thoughts, they can't be changed at will.

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little

Folks, this is perfect weather for today's game. Not a breath of air.

Alexia, did you know there is an entire regiment decamping on your front lawn? Laddy Maccon sighed. "Really, Ivy, I would never have noticed.

All my big heroes are literary, writers.

The example of parents is the greatest teacher. Parents must stand out as models of happiness to their children.

A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.

May the trees continue to thrive and flourish on this earth, filling our hearts with joy and inspiration.