I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

Because fear kills everything, " Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

Public-sector employment — another way to be shielded from reality.

Our memories are what make us who we are. Some are real. Some are made up. But they are the stories that tell us who we are. Without them we are nobody.

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.

I believe that cronyism is nothing more than welfare for the rich and powerful, and should be abolished.

Life is in ourselves and not in the external.

Everybody who really does what he is capable of, is a hero

No rising hope on the political scene who offered his services to Labour when I happened to be its leader can be dismissed as an opportunist.

Militarism is in direct competition with people's needs for food, health care, and environmental protection.

Well, no one treats me like a full-fledged royal, said Lissa, turning back to the dresses. No reason to act like one now. Show me your straps and short-sleeves.