You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'

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.

I gotta look out for my band mates. - Tea

The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.

More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.

To me, when you have people trying to put their best foot forward but facing conflict, that's when stories are the most interesting.

I'm no cook. When I want lemon on chicken, I spray it with Pledge.

Women will be saved by going back to that role that God has chosen for them. Ladies, if the hair on the back of your neck stands up it is because you are fighting your role in the scripture.

I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear about any offers or options.

The truth is still the truth whether or not you believe it. Can we say the same about lies? No, lies only exist because we believe them. If we don't believe in lies, they simply disappear.

Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant

[As they say in the old legends]Before a man goes to the devil himself, he sends plenty of other souls thither.