I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

I always write the script by myself.

I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine'.

God hates ignorance.

Felix had left his heart buried in the ground years ago, but he felt it crack apart.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

I want to write a play. I'd like to do an original musical. I should probably put together a poetry collection.

I don't think I'm really interested in having a celebrity relationship. The music is the most important thing.

I want to keep working really hard at getting better at stand-up and touring, and I can't imagine a time when I won't want to do that. But, who knows?

Money is just a piece of paper. Money burns. You know what I mean? Money is nothing substantial to me. You know what I mean? It's the enemy of music.

Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.

A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of awakening them in others.