Quotes by New Zealand authors
The industry has to have the audience in order to make these films. So it's a serious thing - how do you get people to leave their houses and go to the theater?
Peter Jackson
New Zealand film director
I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.
Katherine Mansfield
New Zealand writer
What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.
Katherine Mansfield
New Zealand writer
When I broke my arm at the Commonwealth Games three years ago, I was advised that my sporting career had likely reached its end.
Laurel Hubbard
New Zealand weightlifter
Showing women being scientists on television can have a great impact on who actually goes into science as a profession.
Kerry Bishe
New Zealand-American actress
With a thriller, you're going to have your red herrings, as different suspects are thrown up as possible culprits. You can only explore that for so long - if you do that more than a few times, it starts to get a little redundant.
Martin Henderson
New Zealand actor
For me, Jose Mourinho is one of the best managers in the world. I don't think he needs to show anyone that he is one of the best.
Mauricio Pochettino
New Zealand-British biophysicist
Obviously, with a CGI character, you're building a character in much the same way as a real creature is built. You build the bones, the skeletons, the muscles. You put layers of fat on. You put a layer of skin on which has to have a translucency, depending on what the character is.
Peter Jackson
New Zealand film director
You could say that Iron Man was a second-tier character, and it turned out very successfully. I simply think it's down to the movie itself, and whether people enjoy the movie, are involved in the movie, and that it entertains them. From that point of view, the movie has to stand alone.
Martin Campbell
New Zealand film director
Every writer has to find their own way into writing.
Margaret Mahy
author
All the media are horrible.
Laura Dekker
Sailor
I feel far more empowered, sophisticated, and forward-thinking in flats than in high heels. Especially when I am working and hosting meetings.
Emilia Wickstead
New Zealand fashion designer
Obviously the policies put forward by the IOC and other organizations are evolving and perhaps they may change after I have competed. But I would ask people to keep an open mind and perhaps look to the fact that I didn't win, as evidence that any advantage I may hold is not as great as they may think.
Laurel Hubbard
New Zealand weightlifter
I have a massive Samoan family. And the Samoan culture has always played a massive part of my life. I've got hundreds of family on my dad's side that live in Samoa and in New Zealand. I've just been surrounded by the culture ever since I was a kid.
Kj Apa
New Zealand actor
I'm mindful I won't be supported by everyone but I hope that people can keep an open mind and perhaps look at my performance in a broader context.
Laurel Hubbard
New Zealand weightlifter
There is nothing I feel that connected or passionate about that would take me away from acting.
Martin Henderson
New Zealand actor
The first day you're a leader is the beginning of the end of your political career.
Jenny Shipley
New Zealand former politician
I love collaborating with people.
Peter Jackson
New Zealand film director
I think 30 is a big jump from your 20s, but 40 holds no fear for me.
Rachel Hunter
New Zealand model
Perhaps the fact that it has taken so long for someone like myself to come through indicates that some of the problems that people are suggesting aren't what they might seem.
Laurel Hubbard
New Zealand weightlifter
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