I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

I always write the script by myself.

When you have a kid in your house, it's time to learn rather than teach!!!

He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world.

When you know who you truly are, you can live more freely and in tune with your karma.

When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

I wanted to hear my own whispers in the next room and know that I was thinking of me.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away.