I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

History is the hidden map of who, where and how we are today.

Positive thinkers focus their minds on the future

You are not a better or wiser person simply because you’ve ceased to care.

Old women are the secret to the fluffiest cakes.

How lovely it is that there are words and sounds. Are not words and sounds rainbows and illusive bridges between things which are eternally apart?

The «way», who will pass it on straight and well?

When I had a boxing match, all I wanted to do was put the guy on his back. That's why I chose to chase after MMA.

It was as close as I had ever come to having power over someone, and I equated it with love.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

The priority of leadership is what the lobbyists and giant corporations and special interests in Washington want. It's why we're bankrupting our kids and grandkids.