I always remember my dad saying, "No one makes a remake unless they are trying to make money; there is no reason for it." It was not an honorable thing to do.

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever

My movies are not about being, but becoming.

It's about moments in life that are great but don't last. They don't go on, but you always have the memory and they have an effect on you. That's what I was thinking about.

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see

Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.

I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.

The sun symbolizes the Divine intelligence

What is the point of having a civilization, if we do not practice being civilized!

Virtue became less the harsh and martial self-sacrifice of antiquity and more the modern willingness to get along with others for the sake of peace and prosperity.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.

I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job.

I don't care about [being a star]. The most important thing for me now is just do my job.

Is it right for you to be angry?

I read a lot of different stuff, but I keep being open to inspiration.

Polls? Nah... they're for strippers and cross country skiers.

Man is the only animal for whom his own stupid existence is a problem which he has to try in vain to solve.