The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
Politicians really worry about being politically correct.
A lot of the time, I don't actually relate to what I'm writing about in pop songs.
There's this myth out there that self-perpetuates that candidates believe that although the populace cares about corruption, they're not going to vote on it.
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.
Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month.
Something about Portland just really resonated with me.
Portraits are about revealing aspects of an individual.
I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.
My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
I'm about creating positive change in the communities that I come from.
I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?
I thought I'd write a massive postmodern novel about Richard the Lionheart and Robin Hood, but it turns out they couldn't have met because the first mention of Robin Hood appears 60 years after Richard died.
As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.
It's a bit naff, but there is something exciting about pulling a bit of pottery out of the ground that's 2,000 years old.
I worked at 'POV' for five years before I told one person about my brother.
My father, unusually for a PoW, talked about his experiences, but he talked about them in a very limited way.
There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.
