Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.
Israel is the canary in the mine. What happens to Israel will eventually happen to America itself.
Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life.
Chaos is a friend of mine.
Every chef I know, their cholesterol is through the roof. And mine's not so great.
Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.
I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile.
It is a pet peeve of mine when people throw around arguments citing 'Fair Use' and yet fail to actually explain what a fair use argument actually is.
The climbs up the Hand of Fatima, which is 2,000 feet, and Naga Parbat, which is just over 15,000 feet, were spectacular. The Hand of Fatima and the Kaga Tondo, in Mali, is a personal favourite of mine.
Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.
I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.
George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies. His coke dealer brought him.
There's been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani, but, if you listen to it, it's mine! It's the 'Foreigner Suite,' it is!
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, 'No.'
I don't go to a lot of other directors' sets; directors don't come to mine. Directors are all very cordial with each other, but they're not necessarily friendly.
I actually crashed the car I learned to drive on. It was a friend of mine's car.
It has become a crusade of mine to demonstrate that TV need not be violent to be exciting.
I wanted to tell the story of Luong Ung, who's a dear friend of mine.