Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.

I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience.

We're a strange animal, so often destroying what we love for selfish ends, and yet tantalized by the sense that there are other choices if only we had strength to make them. In the politics of 400 years ago, we find the same questions we battle with today.

Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.