I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.

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.

A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.

God's image is more than flesh and bones.

It is important to take the seriousness out of things that do not deserve it. Take the seriousness out of it, and the thing loses its power.

So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.

You must not inflict life on someone who will be resented.

My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe.

Parkour teaches you to be sure of what you are able to do.

The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched.

I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock.

Now must we sing and sing the best we can, But first you must be told your character: Convicted cowards all, by kindred slain.