I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.

I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.

Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.

Only by guarding yourself with righteousness will you feel peace and confidence at the height of success

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world.

We have always said actually this isn't about money, it's not about price. This can be an experience. It doesn't have to be about buying something.

I think sometimes people forget how to be nice to people. I try not to let it get to me.

Everyone's got to be for a child to have a home and love. I mean I don't know anyone who would be against that.

Being a woman is just a marvelous plus in photographing. Men like to be photographed by women, it becomes flirtatious and fun, and women feel less as if they're expected to be in a relationship.

But, when tales of the cosmos are told, this period of ours may always be recalled as that in which men first came to realise what a violent universe we inhabit.

The Invisible Man, who said to his wife, I don't care if it looks silly, don't stop! Never got a dinner!

I give the niggaz what they came to see, a reflection of one self where they aim to be.

What we need is a critique of visual culture that is alert to the power of images for good and evil and that is capable of discriminating the variety and historical specificity of their uses.