I feel myself becoming more mature and more fascinated and drawn to feminine values.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

I think there is beauty in everything.

Just because you're living in blissful oblivion doesn't mean you're not responsible.

That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if we didn't have to return to airports.

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

I try not to cry, in general. The experience of crying is so emotional and uncomfortable for me that I don't like to go there.

Internal victories precede external victories.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

He stood beside a cottage lone And listened to a lute, One summer's eve, when the breeze was gone, And the nightingale was mute.