I like to be challenged. I like rebellion. It adds some richness and some interest to life.

In art, I think it's not useful to be a professional of the profession. It will not give you something new.

What am I doing as a filmmaker? What is the goal? To look for the unknown atmosphere that hasn't been described before. This is my only goal. Unknown images. Because if not, it's boring, no?

Every phase of a film has to go against what was done in the previous one.

Faith is the only known cure for fear.

You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

When I get too worked up about things I have always escaped into catatonia.

Music makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or she would be without it.

I have a couple of girlfriends who are like healing. We take care of each other. They know when I need to be taken care of.

People get really caught up in their own trips.

If you could pack for heaven, this was how you'd do it, touching everything, taking nothing.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

Talking to God was damned good business.