I've Tried Not To Get Sucked Into

Failure Is An Option, Fear Is Not.

The Snake Kills By Squeezing Very Slowly. This Is How The Civilized World Slowly, Slowly Pushes Into The Forest And Takes Away The World That Used To Be.

So My Message Is In Whichever Realm, Be It Going Into Space Or Going Into The Deep Sea, You Have To Balance The Yin And Yang Of Caution And Boldness, Risk Aversion And Risk Taking, Fear And Fearlessness. No Great Accomplishment Takes Place, Whether It Be A Movie Or A Deep Ocean Expedition, Or A Space Mission, Without A Kind Of Dynamic Equipoise Between The Two. Luck Is Not A Factor. Hope Is Not A Strategy. Fear Is Not An Option.

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.

In Writing The New Films, I’ve Come To Realize That Avatar’s World, Story And Characters Have Become Even Richer Than I Anticipated, And It Became Apparent That Two Films Would Not Be Enough To Capture Everything I Wanted To Put On Screen.