I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people.

Aristotle was convinced that a trained memory helped the development of logical thought processes.

Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos.

No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.

Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.

The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.

I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events of magical unlikelihood.

I had more of a vocal range. If you wanted to play a keyboard song, like "Love Walks In," I can do it.

When it seems impossible like nothing is going to work, you are usually just a few millimeters away from making it happen.