Netflix trusted me in a way that was very, very pleasant.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

In silence there is a perfection which any toil injures.

Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.

Observe, Remember, Compare.

Most Hollywood men are too vain and shallow for me.

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

I've been blessed to be one of those guys who's looked at as a fashion-forward type of guy.

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered.

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.