I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.

I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.

We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.

The relationship between fascism and robotics, for instance, it's very clear that it's going to become way more important as time goes by.

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good.

I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

Well, I'm not that popular with the politicians, I have to say.

Usually I say I have no imagination.

Fairytales are healthy for the children. As they grow up, the magical thinking wears off, but the fairytale-induced creative brain circuits stay forever.

If you know, say it, and if you don't know, be honest and say you don't know.

That's not fair!" Charlotte said."I thought you were a grown lady -- you know life is neither fair nor kind.

A well-established village in New England or the northern Middle-West could afford a town drunkard a town atheist and a few Democrats.

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

I'm a huge baby and horror films just terrify me, they're very effective with me.

Nature is stronger than education.

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.

We live in the age of the overworked and the undereducated.