I understand Hitler... I sympathise with him a little bit.

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.

Everything is going to hell, but we should smile all the way.

A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

If anyone would like to hit me, they are perfectly welcome. I must warn you, though, that I might enjoy it. So maybe it's not the right kind of punishment.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that Ive always demanded more from the sunset.

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema.

I am a man of very many anxieties but doing strange things with the camera is not one of them.

I think its a very strange question that I have to defend myself. I don’t feel that. You are all my guests, it’s not the other way around, that’s how I feel.

Because this is how it feels to live my life: scattered, fragmented, and exhausting.

In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

The house is a factory.

I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still.

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

I want to be able to discuss craft but I also want to teach writers to trust their instincts and learn to listen to themselves above all others.

Individuality' is the key to success.

Overcome the stigma of self-marketing.

A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.