“My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War II was the high regard his fat...”

“What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.”

“Obviously, movies, you're often on location, out in the rain or the sun, in a real place where the trees and the cars are real. Bu...”

“I fell in love with stories watching a British television puppet show called 'Thunderbirds' when it first came out on TV, about 19...”

“Once upon a time, sound was new technology.”

“The Lord of the Rings,' published in the mid-1950s, was intended as a prehistory to our own world. It was perceived by Tolkien to...”

“The people of the future will say, meat-eaters in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.”

“I feel often that we don't have the right language to talk about emotions in disasters. Everyone is on edge, of course, but it als...”

“Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Step...”

“There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.”

“A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those...”

“Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored t...”