My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.

Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt.

Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.

We all tell our stories the way we want to. And sometimes those stories have nothing to do with reality.

Something strange started to rage inside me, hearing you inhale sharply as I tried to kiss those scars away or etch them deeper into your skin, wanting to mark you in an entirely different way.

Difficulty is a coin which the learned conjure with so as not to reveal the vanity of their studies and which human stupidity is keen to accept in payment

Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.

I want all of my films to belong to me.

A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.

When I'm approached by brands I use the kind of philosophy - I don't really get into a project unless I feel I can make something that will be honest for me.

To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.