In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.

I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.

Don't try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on 'Food Network.'

I didn’t study medicine to watch people die." -Kira

To defend a country, you need an army, but to defend a civilization, you need education...

I love showcasing my talents - not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world.

What we do in public determines our reputation; what we do in private determines our character.

The basic of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.

It was way out in the woods in a beautiful, huge log studio. Keith Richards came in and did the vocals with Levon. Again, a big party, but we did get a good cut out of it.

He’d always been willing to confess his faults, for, by admitting them, it was as if he made them no longer exist.