There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.
Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.
It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.
I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.
A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.
Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life.
In any form of attack it is essential to assail your opponent from behind.
During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set. While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else. By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way. I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze. ’
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.