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

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

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.

I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.

To jump over centuries In one step is impossible. Jump too high or far, You’ll be way too late.

Humility makes me cry! There isn't a bigger asset than it.

When in doubt pray.

A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare.

I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn't have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.

Don't judge me. You know my name, but not my story.

I realized that was what was happening in my work already. I think that's where, as artists, we begin to master our craft: when we're able to step back and understand things.

Art critics are like every other critic.

The act of choosing whether or not to have a child is often an act of love, and always an act of survival.

To get what you want help others get what they want