It doesn't matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.

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.

Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical

You become lucky when you prepare yourself for the opportunity.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Beware of missing chances otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

Never trust anyone under one hundred!

What is the son but an extension of the father?

I don't fear for a physical death, but when my conscience dies, that is a real death

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others to do something.

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.