The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story

we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it helps the project to work like that.
Jose Padilha

I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same.
David Byrne

Because they're my stories, they're my version of events of the past three years. But I really hope people can hear their own stories within the songs and they can become our version of events.
Emeli Sande

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me.
Ayumi Hamasaki

I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex!
Benedict Cumberbatch

Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons. That's the way that we attack people. At an artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing.
Junot Diaz

Humans have a lot of pro-social tendencies.
Frans de Waal

I'm interested in how the Internet spreads information.
Cass Sunstein

We have a very narrow view of what is going on.
Daniel Kahneman

Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.
Joel Osteen