Memories vanish when we want to remember, but fix themselves permanently in the mind when we want to forget.

How good would it be if one could die by throwing oneself into an infinite void.

True confessions are written with tears only. But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes.

the deepest subjective experiences are also the most universal, because through them one reaches the universal source of life.

How wonderful is the word of God.

He watched his feet, the only things that were keeping him from finding out if there really was a Kingdom of Heaven or not.

Your obsession determines what you pay attention to. Your observations are limited to the focus of your mind.

I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like.

At the risk of sounding too cliche, I found a really fantastic church. That is what keeps me grounded.

In eternity everything is just beginning.

Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.

It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning.

See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.

It's amazing how if you turn up at a studio without an idea, a picture will take itself from momentum, and you quickly can lose control.