"I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have."

"I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship."

"My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'"

"People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point."

"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."

"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

"Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers."

"It is a humble truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear."