A scientist shouldn't be asked to judge the economic and moral value of his work. All we should ask the scientist to do is find the truth and then not keep it from anyone.

I never cared so much about making perfect sense. I wanted to make perfect nonsense.

Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead.

After 100 years, films should be getting really complicated. The novel has been reborn about 400 times, but it's like cinema is stuck in the birth canal.

For certain things, certain audiences, people will laugh. And in other places, there's dead silence. And I enjoy them both. You try to make films where it's never one way - like life.

I have no desire for any type of introspection at all. I don't ever ask myself any questions. I don't want answers.

Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.

Gucci Mane is trap rap's Frank Sinatra.

What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.

Everything has to have some kind of a point for people to breathe easy. What's the point of life? I have no clue, but sometimes there are things that just attract us and pull us in a certain way.

I like working with family and friends and people I admire. All my movies are filled with family members of some capacity. I think it means more when you have a personal relationship with someone.

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.

Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.

I want to invest in community colleges, training programs, and high-quality apprenticeships that help people gain the skills they need for the jobs of the future.

We were cowards when we sacked him.

There will be hoards of vampire bats descending on Beverly Hills.... We'll see if they can find any real flesh to puncture. I don't know.

We stand for musical individuality. That's all we stand for.

True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.

Disbelief is catching. It rubs off on people.

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.