"Are we asserting the easy dominion of our civilization over all times and all places, as signs that we casually absorb as a form of loot?"

“Most people in Seoul don't care about the North's belligerent statements: The farther one is from the Korean Peninsula, the more one will find people worried about the recent developments here. Scary impressions are important to North Korea because for the last two decades its policy has been, above all, a brilliant exercise in diplomatic blackmail. And blackmail usually works better when the practitioners are seen as irrational and unpredictable.”

“At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.”

“I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.”

Source : "'There's more to life than football': Jermain Defoe bares his soul on matters of life, death and the beautiful game" by Martin Lipton, www.mirror.co.uk. September 4, 2012.

“I had a stalker who was extremely violent. He broke into the studio with knives and I was locked in a bathroom.”

“I'm a huge electronic-music fan.”

Source : "'Tron Legacy' Director Joseph Kosinski Raves About 3-D And Daft Punk". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. January 20, 2010.

“I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.”

“I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form.”

Source : "Will Self (1961- )", www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.

“The good thing is we got the Yankees three times at the end of the season.”