I don't write any kind of sequel or remake.

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.

Successes don't teach you much, but mistakes? That's a learning situation.

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

I am not deaf. I hear the anger. I see the dissatisfaction, and I have to go faster.

If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.

One of my ambitions has been to go back to what those great authors were doing then ... to bridge that sensibility of old Victorian Gothic tales and reconstruct them in a modern way.

If women can sleep their way to the top, how come they aren't there?

It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.

Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.

I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be.