"I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death."

"There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem."

"I'm not interested in pop art."

"You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again."

"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away."

"The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business."

"The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green."

"Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd."