I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

Learning to breathe fire isn’t nearly as extraordinary as learning to breathe a word of kindness.

Healing stories are magickal tales born from personal tribulation and victory, which are then shared.

Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness.

Emphasis should be laid on the evolution of humanity.

To an ant on the ground, an airplane probably looks like an ant.

A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.

It's a new day: Full of promise and love. The only thing that can take away that great feeling is - reading the news or speaking to people.

The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

Our tax policy is engineered by people who view tax as a means of achieving changes in our social structure.