Top 99 Quotes by Duncan Jones

My parents did call me Zowie now and then, but then, realising that it drew too much attention, they called me 'Joe'. Then, later, I sort-of co-opted my own name back.

Be it a video game, comic book, or cheque book, the question always is, 'What story do you have to tell?'

One of the things my dad always said is that it's O.K. to do one for you and one for them. He taught me a lot of things, but that's certainly one of the many that I took to heart.

I don't know if subconsciously there was some reaction going on, if there was something in me that didn't want to learn an instrument - because I couldn't have been that incompetent!

I played lots of games, and I was a fan of gaming, so I was always looking for new games. I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies.

'Warcraft' is going to be a period of my life I treasure and loathe at the same time.

I have a sense of humor, and sometimes it gets me into trouble.

Bowie is my dad's stage name, so I was never, ever called Zowie Bowie. The tabloids liked that because it rhymed.

I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.