Quotes from Andrew Niccol

It's so hard to go to war at home. Go to war, go home, repeat. And that is the future of warfare. Forget about remote control drones, there's going to be remote control tanks.

I never saved anything for the swim back.

I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.

You wanted to know how I did it? That's how I did it, Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.

We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented

I soon realized we just swapped one hell for another.

If we could switch off the aging gene we would. There's no technology that we've had that we haven't used. We are in the capital of staying young forever.

As soon as you made a decision that time is going to be currency, then it should be a reflection of what's happening today. And obviously, it is.

We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.