I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It's fresh and so open. It's definitely one of my favorite places.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

Strike hard and true, crow, or I'll come back and haunt you.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

Hope is rooted in the trustworthiness of God.

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

Your'e seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn how to be a human, how my philosophy has evolved.

Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car.

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.

To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

You are locked into your suffering and your pleasures are the seal.

I believe that when you find love, you hold on to it and cherish it because there is nothing finer and it may never come again.