Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place.

The idea is to make the script out of a political analysis and then to convey that - sometimes in poetry, sometimes science, sometimes all it takes is a film. The film itself is less and less spectacular because I think very strongly now the more spectacular you are, the more you are absorbed by the things you are trying to destroy.

When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.