I feel like there's more of a need to tell more optimistic stories.

Brooklyn has become a brand, and it represents something, and there is this tension between the old and new world.

If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

Whenever you see this much wealth, assume that someone dirtied his hands. Fortunes don't come to saints.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

In reality some images or drawings have a greater impact than many buildings that are built.

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.

Meditation is a violent act of separation from mass consciousness and direct access to power.

Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint.

Souls will never ascend to Heaven until the sight of beauty lifts them there.

Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.

Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.