Failure Is An Option, Fear Is Not.

I Was Always Fascinated By Engineering. Maybe It Was An Attempt Maybe To Get My Father's Respect Or Interest, Or Maybe It Was Just A Genetic Love Of Technology, But I Was Always Trying To Build Things.

If You Set Your Goals Ridiculously High And It's A Failure, You Will Fail Above Everyone Else's Success.

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.

All My Films Are Love Stories.

I Tend To Like Strong Female Characters. It Just Interests Me Dramatically. A Strong Male Character Isn't Interesting Because It Has Been Done And It's So Cliched. A Weak Male Character Is Interesting: Somebody Else Hasn't Done It A Hundred Times. A Strong Female Character Is Still Interesting To Me Because It Hasn't Been Done All That Much, Finding The Balance Of Femininity And Strength. [from A 1986 Fangoria Interview]