Mike Wilson Quotes

I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'

There are so many good stories about the Vikings.

I read a lot of Icelandic sagas when I was young. I've always been interested in the Viking culture.

I know 'Vikings' isn't really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot of voodoo.

I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.

My novel 'Wolf Brother' is set in northern Scandinavia during the late Stone Age, so I was aware from the start of Norse influences. I used some Norse names, and the soul-eater Thiazzi is based on the Norse storm giant, Thiassi.

When you're a Viking, you never know when you're going to get the axe.

With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic.

Buying a particular vintage because everyone tips it and then waiting for it to mature is like gambling. The thrill is in placing the bet. Once the race is run or the match is played, you'll either win or lose. Until that happens, you're caught in this wonderful, agonising sense of expectation.

Bitcoin is like anything else: it's worth what people are willing to pay for it.

'Valhalla Rising' is a fusion of my upbringing, basically: everything I grew up loving and wanted to make a film of.

'Vikings' has been so many different challenges, and some of that is, at times, you have to be big and imposing and violent and vicious, and then you have be pulled back and withdrawn and just more layers and more time to portray those layers, too.

I'm from Norway, and when kids were reading comics, I was reading Icelandic and Norwegian sagas about the Vikings. The glorification of violence, their mentality, and their way of living - that was part of my own education growing up.

One of the things that I wanted to do post-'Haven' is go after some shows I was a fan of already, and 'Vikings' was on the list.

Digital currency is now a misnomer for Bitcoin. It can be used as currency, but it can be used for many things.

Patience in Market, is worth Pounds in a year.

Stocks can be dynamite.

Remember the past - and await the future.

The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.

It's nice to have things to look forward to.

Not Expecting, but hoping. Always hoping

All I get is tomorrow.

Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne.

You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.