I only see things that I shouldn't have done when I watch my film again.

There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because we cannot put on clothes that don't fit us.

I never make a film with a message in mind. I'm more interested in the characters; how they are related to each other and the situation they're in.

The way people respond to struggles or express their feelings in difficult situations are very different. I like imagining how characters would react in certain situations.

I try to be straight when I communicate with my audiences through a film. I'm not sure whether I have been successful. I don't watch my film once they're in theaters.

There's no such thing as being cool. People who pretend to be cool have more emotional layers.

As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant.

Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good.

... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.

The materials I use are absolutely essential to the work I make.

We have to keep in practice like musicians. Besides, there are still potentialities to be realized in color film. To us, it's just like bringing up a child. You don't stop after you've had it.

Within us is the unborn possibility of limitless experience. Ours is the privilege of giving birth to it!

If everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of his labor, social progress would be ceaseless, uninterrupted, and unfailing.

True abundance has nothing to do with what I am having, but everything to do with what I am being.

I'm just interested in having a handle on my environment.

A minor operation is one that is done on someone else