In England they need a king, in Spain they need a king, in France there is no more king. But they consider the president as if he was a king.

My characters are never heroic. They are mostly lost and trying to find the right door to open and they end up opening the wrong doors.

falling in love is the most natural thing in the world. Everybody has been through it, everybody has scars, everybody wants to restart falling in love.

Hallucinations are an inner experience in which most of the time you forget you're there.

Maybe the dreams make the people stronger, whatever.

I feel very protected when I see a movie. That's why I like making violent movies or radical movies.

I always think of moments of love with someone I love.

The hateful reviews are very funny. And sometimes you can enjoy a hateful review much more than a good review.

What I don't like in movies dealing with the illustration of altered states of consciousness is that usually you see the guy from the outside.

I think there can be incestuous love.

Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.

It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?

Love is the light through which we find joy and happiness.

Viper will eat viper, and it would serve them both right!

The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.

I mean, I feel like you can kill the same bird with both stones.

In defeating terror, Israel's cause is our cause.

We are poor in character when we think getting by is a substitute for doing our best.

I got deeply involved with the Trotskyists. I assumed simply that my enemy's enemies were my friends.

I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?' It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something.