I believe shooting chronologically gives you a very fresh perspective and you're always aware of where you are in the development of the characters.

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be violent and that's much more dangerous in a way.

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable way of excising a lot of your conscience.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

You only live once, buy Picassos whenever possible.

With therapeutic Qigong when there is no cure, there is palliation.

Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

You don’t mind when he stares at you.” Cecil jerked his head toward Eldric. "He doesn’t stare,” I said. “He looks.

'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan.

You can wait for things to happen for you or you can make things happen for you.

I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents.

Definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement.