"I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle."

"Kuala Lumpur rises up out of steamy, equatorial, Southeast Asian jungle... a chaotic, multiethnic, multicultural modern metropolis."

"Perth is the most beautiful city in the world to me, it's where I grew up."

"San Diego is the place where I found my voice as a filmmaker."

"Stockholm is where it all started, the city that gave us the stage and the inspiration."

"The sound of the bell from the monastery on Cold Mountain reaches the guest boat in Suzhou at midnight."

"Seoul is the city of my heart, a testament to what a nation can achieve through unity and hard work."

"Bucharest is a city of memory, where every street holds a fragment of a lost world."

"The sound of the flute in Wuhan travels on the wind, bringing memories of home to the wanderer."

"We always love returning to Brisbane, it's our home and our fortress."

"I carry the memory of Basel with me, a city of bridges and intellectual history."

"Madrid is the most Spanish of all cities, a place where life is lived to the fullest."

"She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time."