"If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done."

“[Duesberg] is absolutely correct in saying that no one has proven that AIDS is caused by the AIDS virus. And he is absolutely correct that the virus cultured in the laboratory may not be the cause of AIDS.”

“While corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance in technology is an opening for them to further restrict its users.”

“Sometimes you need to be awkward to beat awkwardness”

“Have you ever noticed how much they look like orchids? lovely!”

“Chess is not something that drives people mad; it is something that keeps mad people sane.”

Source : "Chess: the new rook'n'roll?" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2004.

“Sometimes the picture someone else paints of us is a more accurate portrayal than a reflection. What we see in the mirror is always reversed. A portrait not only allows us to see our own faces, but how it looks to others.”

“I do like to work. Some jobs are better than others. That's the thing: You really don't know. I've enjoyed making movies for lots of different reasons. Sometimes, it was the other people. Sometimes, it was the fact that I was really good in it. Sometimes, it was the location. Sometimes, it was the paycheck.”

“Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.”