"Listen - life is really going on, right now, around us. Do you see it? Sometimes I lose it but if I sit still and listen, it comes back, and then I think, How funny, this is what being alive is."

“Proving that the best villains have the charisma of a hero, (Jason) Statham makes a strong impression, supplying the kind of menace that permeates the movie even when he's not on screen. His fight with (Dwayne) Johnson doesn't have the bang you'd expect from a The Transporter versus The Rock match-up, but the climactic Statham-(Vin)Diesel battle more than delivers.”

“If you want to get an audience quiet, just say "abortion" and everybody shuts up and the tension in the room is spectacular.”

“The one thing I take more joy in than anything else in the world is seeing young people develop”

“I'm getting so slow at my work it makes me despair, but... I'm increasingly obsessed by the need to render what I experience, and I'm praying that I'll have a few more good years left to me...”

“Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books.”

“The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.”

“I've always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane.”

Source : "Director J.J. Abrams feels lucky to land 'Force' job". Interview with Rick Bentley, www.fresnobee.com. December 16, 2015.

“It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.”

Source : "Q&A: Allan McNish". Interview with Robert Wilkins, www.crash.net. March 11, 2013.