I am fairly optimistic about the disillusionment that produces homogeneity in general. The films that succeed in [theaters] are fairly homogeneous in terms of narrative and vision of the world.

Emotion and thinking are not distinct substances.

I am concerned that a film without an large advertising [budget] can not establish a connection with contemporary audiences, of course.

A film is a process of thinking that is not opposed to an emotional process.

I write about what I know and also what I don't understand. Emotions for what has transpired.

Without doubt, in animation each frame is important, every movement defines the character.

The consumption of information, films, music has been changing in recent decades. It's hard to know what will become the film that can not easily reach [audiences].

How perfectly evil spirit and beauty can combine in one person, harmonically supplementing each other.

A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of science will at last be built.

Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen's possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations involved in life in society.

Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your life in Hoboken isn't Faulkneresque.

It's harder to gain relevance or traction. But I'm of the opinion that if something's really good - not pretty good, but really, really good - people will hear about it.

Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.

I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything.