I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

Forget about style worry about results.

Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves … and other animals.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

I can't even say the word, it's too early in the day to get upset.

There is an indomitable quality within the human spirit that cannot be destroyed; a face deep within the human personality that is impregnable to all assaults.

Nothing can be accomplished just by reading words. A sick man will never be cured of his illness through merely reading medical instructions!

What we know is far less important than what we use.

You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it.

Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.

Let us help one another to bear our burdens.