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I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. ”
I've always said that, first and foremost, I make films for New Zealanders. They're my target audience. Then after that, if people appreciate my stories from outside this country, then that's an added bonus. ”
Some of the best logos are the simplest. One of the oldest is the mark used by the Bass brewery: a red triangle. Target has made a red circle with a red dot in the middle seem the very essence of affordable, hip practicality. ”
Drilling is risky because finding oil is only half the job. The real challenge is finding the money to pump the oil. ”
Major drivers of global unemployment are lack of job creation and skills shortage or mismatch. ”
The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have. ”
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials. ”
I do a film because I would love to be a part of it, but I also think from the audience's perspective. Our profession survives because of our audience. ”
I never saw my career as a journey with a beginning, middle, and end, with high points and low points. It is just a whole, big mass of experience, and I take each experience as it comes. I don't strategise. ”
I can't be objective about my work, because I am so involved that I can't see it as a product to be judged. I can't see it as an outsider. ”