I like skiing, among other things, because I have moments when I am alone in the mountains. That's fantastic, when there's nobody around you. You see miles around you, and the sun is almost down .

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.

The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question.

Happy endings make me puke.

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

The best films are because of nobody but the director.

I don't rehash the past. It's my baggage. That's all. I accept things as they are.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.

Every line we succeed in publishing today - no matter how uncertain the future to which we entrust it - is a victory wrenched from the powers of darkness.

An anniversary is a reminder as to why you love and married this person.

Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.

There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose?

Think of it as you want it, not as it is!

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.

I'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the direction I would want to go.

The idea that you're supposed to do everything on your own is absurd. You can't.

Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships

Some hurts can never be mended" he said. "No matter how much time passes. They tattoo themselves on our souls