Hope Is Not A Strategy.

I Don't Look At Scripts. I Just Write Them.

With 'avatar,' I Thought, Forget All These Chick Flicks And Do A Classic Guys' Adventure Movie, Something In The Edgar Rice Burroughs Mold, Like John Carter Of Mars - A Soldier Goes To Mars.

I Mean, You Have To Be Able - You Have To Have Made The Commitment Within Yourself To Do Whatever It Takes To Get The Job Done And To Try To Inspire Other People To Do It, Because Obviously The First Rule Is You Can't Do It By Yourself.

There Are Many Talented People Who Haven't Fulfilled Their Dreams Because They Over Thought It, Or They Were Too Cautious, And Were Unwilling To Make The Leap Of Faith.

Any Direct Experience That I Have With Indigenous Peoples And Their Plights May Feed Into The Nature Of The Story I Choose To Tell. In Fact, It Almost Certainly Will.