Religion would have us believe that immortality is reserved for the gods. We remain skeptical.

Both the teardrop and the tempest are made of water, making it the most yielding and most destructive force on Earth.

Civilized beings regard the act of intercourse as the highest expression of romantic love. One need only observe the behavior of animals, however, to realize that the act is often a form of violence.

To smile when you are defeated means your defeat is already defeated!

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Do not ever threaten an Afghan with violence. We will rise as one and we will face every threat the way we have taken on thousands of previous armies and conquerors.

The game just embarrasses you until you feel inadequate and pathetic. You want to cry like a child.

Silence is the essential condition of happiness.

Credibility is a leader's currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.

I'm looking forward to visiting the Philippines. I heard that there are so many big malls there and so many beaches.

When we finish a book, why do we hold it in both hands and gaze at it as if it were somehow alive?

Moving slowly enables us to learn faster.

I think the joy of wanting to direct is having that nervous anxiety knowing your film is about to be shown and you're sitting right there with everyone.