In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.

It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.

Everything I make starts very personally.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.

I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place.

The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.