I don't work with people who ask me questions.

I thank Henry James for the scene in the hotel room, that I stole from Portrait Of A Lady… This particular scene is the most beautiful scene ever written.

I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films.

I'm not a cineaste. I've made so few films. Sometimes it feels each one is the last one or the first one.

It's incredible how much cinema can do. We forget.

Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images.

The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not.

My films start with images, a few images and a few feelings, and I try to edit them together to see the correspondence between these images and these feelings.

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films.

When I was 16 I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh how wonderful, I'm ready.

When you can only remember the mundane things you did but do not have any valuable products to show for your time, then you are a time spender.

Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.

Kyoya: A single day can make all the difference.

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.

I think that it's important to have good people around you, like my friends.

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.

I think that old school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work. What I establish with my children is a partnership.

You shouldn't be afraid of science. Accepting the reality of nature makes life more exciting and even more precious.

Anyone who believes in a Jesus who condones abortion does not believe in the real Jesus, and therefore is not Christian.

I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.