Why was love so easy for some people and so hard for others?
Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.
In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.
Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.
Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable,. . . . . . It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.
We have our own system,. . . and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.
I felt that there's an obligation when writing a piece about an urban expressway made in the 50s to acknowledge the context, and Robert Moses is sort of an iconic figure in New York, and he influenced the shape of the city more than anyone else before or after him. He was one of the most powerful and influential civic architects in the world, because of how much he transformed the city. He built multiple bridges and highways and parks and recreational spaces, beaches - in the course of a few decades, he completely changed the city
I directed one of my shorts that did festivals around the world, and that was great. I've got a bit of a bug for that now. I just hope I keep challenging myself and keep doing stuff that interests me with people who I respect and who teach me stuff. If I can keep doing that in anything - acting, writing, directing or whatever - I'll do it because life is short.
places to hunt places to hide are getting harder to find, and pet canaries and goldfish too, did you notice that?
I am still the person who would have died rather than kill you