I wouldn't make a connection between the daily news and volcanoes.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

Growth is a slow process and so is change in behaviour. The therapist must be patient with the process.

This is as much a part of my story as anything else. Friendship is love as much as any romance.

It's easier to believe in yourself after someone else has believed in you first.

As the number of studies increased, it became clear that writing was a far more powerful tool for healing than anyone had ever imagined.

What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

Do we need distance to get close?

If I were a gambling man I would put all my money on there not being anything other than this universe.

Despondency is not religion, whatever else it may be.

Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will depart unkissed.