If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

The personal appropriation of cliches is a condition for the spread of cultural tourism.

In an age of synthetic images and synthetic emotions, the chances of an accidental encounter with reality are remote indeed.

A cinephile is someone who expects too much of cinema.

Television is a formidable thinking tool. You are like an analyst to whom society's subconscious would be offered wide open.

Inasmuch as it's a culture, cinema is the only thing at our disposal with which we can recognize ourselves in today's images. As an instrument it's inevitably inadequate, but it's the only one.

It is our responsibility to enlighten our people.

The warrior of the night is a wondrous soul.

Successful minds work like a gimlet--to a single point.

As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.

When you feel good about what youve written, there is just no high that is greater.

I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do anything about it.

Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical.

A big sister who cries over being human over you. A gravelly voiced kid who's friends left him over you. And a pink-haired girl who keeps your picture in her wallet.

Nothing ever seems straightforward in Venice, least of all its romances.

A great introduction to cultures is their cuisine. It not only reflects their evolution, but also their beliefs and traditions.