"It's a unique experience when you're doing an independent film where you have one person who puts up all the funds to make the film."

“It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.”

Source : Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.100

“Americans ... want leaders who share their values, understand their needs, and respect their intelligence.”

“A good coach encourages the same type of resilience in the people they work with. They encourage them to take risks. If the risk results in failure, they help all people to learn from the mistake and then go on to try another way.”

“Meet every level of frustration with a greater level of character.”

“In future there will be no more designers. The designers of the future will be the personal coach, the gym trainer, the diet consultant,”

“I think we live in a country where self-mythology or making up legends about your own life is something everyone does.”

Source : "The Misadventures of Iris Smyles". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 29, 2016.

“You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.”

Source : "Nightline Playlist: Page McConnell" by Howard L. Rosenberg, abcnews.go.com. January 5, 2008.

“Science is not just for an elite few. Science's vision of the universe is becoming increasingly inaccessible. That doesn't mean it's wrong. On some levels, general relativity is right, because we have to take its calculations into account to produce accurate GPS systems. Instrumentally, it's correct to something like twenty decimal places. But epistemologically and psychologically, it is not available to most of our population.”