I always start with reality, in anything I do, everything I do, I always start from something real.

Animals are always goddesses and gods, like the god Anubis. He's the one who's accompanying the souls to the next life, and he's the one who decides if they will be able to cross or not.

Animals are also the ones that are guarding the graves, and they are the ones who communicate between the dead and the alive.

I go and film 50 people in Israel, 50 people in Russia, and 50 people in Romania, in Paris, because I really like to get some particles of something real.

We see everything, we see what's going on in Syria, we see what's going on with the refugees. What can you do about it? And we have to do something.

You can feel that something terrible is going on in another place in the world, and it's the other, it's not you. It's always there, it's them. But this them is also you.

I think that the world is in a very serious decline - very, very serious.

We are getting used to levels of violence, we are getting used to seeing these horrific things going on all the time. I think it's tough. It's rough.

That's what animals do all of the time; they watch out, they watch out, and I saw, "This is us now." Us, the world, we are watching out.

I usually go to bed early to read. I read and I always say that I'm not a "bohemian artist;" I need to read for one or two hours in the evening, and the quiet, so I don't hang out a lot.

I carry some kind of consideration and weight and observations about what is going on in the world, but I don't go to execute it.

Sometimes nature is even crueller than politics.

A passionate person says “over my dead body, I will never give up” and you ask him why, he answers “because I have found something not only to live on, but something to die for”!

Somewhere, somebody is looking for someone exactly like you.

My daughter is exceptionally chatty. I'm not a braggy mother but she is gifted - with the personality of a Russian gymnastics coach.

I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me.

I try to be honest; I really do try not to exaggerate the story. I try to be accurate.

We amateur athletes are peculiarly devoted to our fitness, and our obsessions can sometimes be a burden to our loved ones and a mystery to everyone else.

It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost.