I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.

There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.

Just film what's there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy.

I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy.

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.

In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other.

Kindness is the fragrance of pure love.

The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.

Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.

The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew up with that, kind of, Swedish tone or harmony.

I feel like being in a band, you get license to be a kid forever.

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

The Bible is our fire-guard. Some read God's Word critically but the Word is their critic and by their own attitude towards the Word they condemn themselves.

The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use.

Sculpture and painting are moments of life; poetry is life itself.