My initial idea was I wanted to make it a horror film, very much. At times I do enter that world.

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be violent and that's much more dangerous in a way.

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable way of excising a lot of your conscience.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

The Sniper must not be susceptible to emotions such as anxiety and remorse,

Call attention to your strengths instead of pointing out your weaknesses.

The only thing more intimidating than a huge international film star is your mother-in-law.

I have never been much of a painter.

You don't fight for peace. You Peace for Peace.

Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul

Patriotism for the sake of is like choosing sides in a war based on the color of their uniforms.

You're alive, you might as well be glad.

because it was then, as he held her in his unwavering gaze, that she knew she was in love with him as well.

Freddy Demann (Shakira's Manager) is a man that knows the world of music. And I know that I am in good hands.