When I was in my early 20s, I was quite into Japanese animation. It's like the same thing that I end up always saying which is, imagery based stuff is the thing that really gets me.

Generally speaking, it's a very hard thing to wrap your head around that a drone operator in Nevada can be releasing munitions in the Middle East.

I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.

If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn't a human?

I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.

I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world.

If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble.

A lot of America is kind of done. People have been making films about it for 100 years. Everything to me feels used up. But Jo-Burg feels unbelievably inspirational to me.

I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be accurate.

I do think that it's always okay to show too little. People will still be interested. So why show too much?

There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are actually beneficial on an evolutionary basis.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret…

What is amazing and revolutionary today will be oppressive tomorrow.

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light.

Transformation happens in small groups. Each person can speak and all listen.

We've been brainwashed into thinking that it takes more monies than it actually does to educate children. That's been one of the brainwash jobs.

...she refused to leave anything to someone else that she could do better herself.

My praying friend, continue to make known your desires to God in all things. ... Let Him decide whether you are to receive what you ask for or not.

Truth is not found by knowledge, it is found by silence. And knowledge is noisy.