"In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story"

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm"

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters"

"It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for"

"The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly"

"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone"

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about"