Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

I'd like to quit thinking of the present as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.

The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything.

I think maybe making films is something innate you can't really teach to begin with.

The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure, while always arriving.

The rules of parenting have changed. By the modern definition, we were a generation of neglected children.

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

Remember: Bad timing equals great plot twists.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

I had to take a bit of a break and fast for a while, but then I found myself very, very hungry when I got back to [song-writing].

We see only that which we are.

As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

Who hasn't made mistakes? I once french kissed a dog at a party to try to impress what turned out to be a very tall 12 year old.

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.

I've killed hundreds of teenagers. Hundreds. And I didn't know why. Why did I enjoy doing it so much? Why? And then I realized - I had a teenager at home!

If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and colors of where you were.