I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

Look at this beautiful world!

Home is— Where the heart wants to dwell, Where the mind wants to dance, Where the air is always pleasant, And where love is always abundant.

She felt like something had shifted between them but wasn't sure what.

I'm seeking out a new way to live and if it's surfing, that's the way I'll do it. I'll be a surfer for the rest of my life.

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.

Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!

If a child never sees the stars, never has meaningful encounters with other species, never experiences the richness of nature, what happens to that child?

I had never believed in the sacred nature of literature. God had died when I was fourteen.

I like an ending that's both a door and a window.