Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault.

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.

Never allow your life to be dictated by what you can see by sight, be guided by your inner vision.

She told a story of being so fixated on the beautiful features of a playmate that she collided with a tree and skinned her own face.

Suffering, my child?...Suffering is the divine trigger you can press..for you to accomplish your dreams...

My feelings, gratitude, for instance, are denied me simply because of my social position.

Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.

There's room enough for everyone to thrive.

Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

A successful career will no longer be about promotion. It will be about mastery.