People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.
A belief is an idea around which we close our minds.
The fun you get from golf is in direct ratio to the effort you don't put into it.
It ain’t innovation unless something moves.
A clamor for 'family values' requires deliberate blindness to the abuses that occur within families.
Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.
The domestic war against "terrorists" [code for young protesters] provides new opportunities for major defense contractors and corporations who are becoming more a part of our domestic lives.
I think when you're writing prose there's a lot of attendant description and that's were I used to really go bananas. With a screenplay that all gets filled in by the director, so it just sort of pulls you back by virtue of the form. You also have to use more economy as a screenwriter and so it's kind of limiting in a good way.
People have let me down in the past. I've loved something, and it's become a disgrace. I'd rather start again.