A cinephile is someone who expects too much of cinema.

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

The personal appropriation of cliches is a condition for the spread of cultural tourism.

In an age of synthetic images and synthetic emotions, the chances of an accidental encounter with reality are remote indeed.

Television is a formidable thinking tool. You are like an analyst to whom society's subconscious would be offered wide open.

Inasmuch as it's a culture, cinema is the only thing at our disposal with which we can recognize ourselves in today's images. As an instrument it's inevitably inadequate, but it's the only one.

Her grandmother had once told her that one of life's best lessons was not being afraid to look foolish -- to just ask the question.

To achieve the ultimate Confucian objective—a virtuous society—America has favored the rule of laws over Confucian-style virtues.

I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.

The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.

Nearly everything I do is part of a master plan to make me the most important entertainer in the world.

I can play all I know in eight bars.

Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you’re wasting your youth.

All my different kinds of artwork have been designed to inspire people to think. They may not always agree with me, but at least they will have some feelings and some passion about whatever it is.

I don't think being a cynic is necessarily a negative thing. It's a matter of seeing the world with clear and open eyes.