I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes.

If you want to kill someone, you'd better pull off a perfect crime. Our security lies in the fact that that's damnably hard to do.

The constant in my films is love stories. I consider love the chief business of humanity.

The real loser of our times is the one who is expected to win.

Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.

I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers.

I sometimes follow people who attract my curiosity in the street for five, ten minutes.

Appearance is valued too much in our society.

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success.

People are too pretentious in France to like Sarkozy. But he'd be a fabulous president for America.

Film-making is like spermatozoa: only one in a million makes it.

I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

Success comes with failure which leads to doubts but with determination we can still achieve.

But ... this will begin to make things right.

Sailboats are the slowest form of transportation on Earth with the possible exeption of airline flights that go through O'Hare.

Live a Lie' is inspired by recent combinations found in dubstep.

...when we are loving, we can't sin.

I believe that we are at the point now, in the United States, where a movement is beginning to emerge.

Life is a roller coaster, you have your ups and downs unless you fall off.

I've still got a lot left in the tank. I think people are starting to see I've got a lot left in the tank.

It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.