A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.

I have found awareness to be one of the most rewarding, and yet one of the most painful journeys one can embark on.

Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

Though liberals have portrayed themselves throughout the past several decades as champions of the homeless, they are actually guilty of having created and perpetuated their condition.

No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives.

Museums have these great collections and the reality is they attract a regional audience not a national audience.

In Garden Party or 40 Days and 40 Nights, I played characters who people dont necessarily like; I just find some humanity in them.

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.