One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

All roads lead to Johannesburg.

One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.

Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.

It is not permissible to add to one's possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men. Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.

I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.

Education isn't for getting a job. It's about developing yourself as a human being.

People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love.

I've got to live my life. Bad things happen. I can't be sitting here worrying about it.

I was born into the business. My mother was an entertainer. It was natural. But yes, in the next life, I might not do it.

There is nothing more mine than my writing, nothing I'm more proprietary about.

My pictures really finish themselves.

In a few days, I will have them all guillotined in Paris.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.

Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.