"To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility."

“To deschool means to abolish the power of one person to oblige another.”

“I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.”

“When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.”

“Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.”

“Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?”

Source : "David Twohy Talks the Evolution of the Franchise, Returning to R-Rated Territory, Going to Underverse in Further Sequels, and More on the Set of RIDDICK". Group Interview on the Set, collider.com. June 18, 2013.

“If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.”

“When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.”