As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42)

When you cross a challenge that is expansive and deep, you may not even realize when you’ve come to the other side. That day will come. And when it does, how will you look at your crossing?

As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.

Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. That pursuit fills me with wonder.

You have to go through a lot of crap to get to a good idea.

Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada.

Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else.

The world would be a healthier place if oral contraceptives were available in every corner store and cigarettes were limited to prescription use.

The confessions don't speak with one voice. They are more like a cluster of closely-related but distinct voices - a kind of choir, if you like.

Certainty is the enemy of change.