My next film is always shaped by the last one... by the things I feel I didn't get right, or the things I like and want to try to develop further, but it always comes out of the last picture.

Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

Beauty doesn't have anything to do with prettiness. Beauty has to do with something else; it gets into an area where words can't go.

Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective.

Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

It's interesting that there are places that words can't get to.

My education was an education by movies.

Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor.

I don’t know about you, but I believe that in our present time we are definitely shaking things up with human fate in this world.

Curiosity is crucial for innovation. We are all born curious, but only a small number of people remain curious for a lifetime.

But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.

Business is about belonging which means inclusion is the new black.

My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.

This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.

The answers aren't important really... What's important is- knowing all the questions.