Americans don't like European movies.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

The calligraphic letter is not entirely a letter, but something that sits between writing and music

Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

I don't sign for white people.

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.

Psychic beings are childlike, delicate and easily destroyed.

The only continent with a growth rate lower than Europe is Antarctica.

I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

Being a new character is like going to a new school. You have to try to maintain your own autonomy and your own personality.

With any job the main thing that makes the job is the people.