I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it.

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

Embrace nature's brutal perfection.

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.

Whenever it comes to doing anything. Remember the part about having confidence.

We are all receiving Charity. There is something in each of us that cannot benaturally loved.

Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business!

If we could stop wasting food, imagine how many more people we could feed!

Photography, if there is photography, is already snapped, already shot, in the very interior of things and for all points of space.

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

The opening of the doors to 29 million Romanians and Bulgarians is going to become a huge issue.

You don't have a right to a house, you don't have a right to a job, you don't have a right to medical care.

I've learned a valuable opinion does not tell you what to think, it illuminates what you should consider.