If you want to propose marriage to your girlfriend and you live in England and she is in Sicily, do the decent thing and walk down there. Travelling by car or aeroplane wouldn't be right at such a moment.

The danger is to stupidly believe that depicting facts gives us much insight. If facts were the only thing that counted, the telephone directory would be the book of books.

A fairly young, intelligent-looking man with long hair asked me whether filming or being filmed could do harm, whether it could destroy a person. In my heart the answer was yes, but I said no.

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare.

Spirit of immersion and curiosity and awe and participation is something which Timothy Treadwell and I have in common.

The elections have a different platform, the town hall is the platform for it. But the other question behind all this is should I run for president?