It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made.

And as the Italian proverb says, 'Revenge is the dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.'

It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms.

Some might wonder that the two men should consider themselves to be old friends having only known each other for four years

The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

I had been doing something for more than half of my life that I wanted to continue doing - I really loved making the film and I really love acting and it is what I want to do.

You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in immortality and not believe in God.

Naive conclusions to draw from man's brutality! Because man is a brute, woman has to be locked up so that she will remain unharmed.

The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.

All Empires fall, All ages die, All strife shall be in vain. All Kings go down, All hope must fail, But Tanelorn remains Our Tanelorn remains.

There's a lot of nerves. It all goes away though once they say "fight".

The Khodorkovsky case is typical of the "oprichnina" - the system of oppression.