I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

All big changes of the world come from words.

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.

Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves.

Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.

My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open,because you never know what's going to come your way.

Did you see more glass?

Your house is your first small business. It's where your investment is and [where] our greatest asset is.

I'm lucky enough to split my time between the field and the office. Some land surveyors in larger outfits can work mostly from behind a desk, managing many field crews at once.

Everything is God, there is nothing else but God.

All power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness.

My brother is really, really slow.