Sometimes you can play against type, or you can just repeat what they've already done. It can be an obstacle; it's a very fine line.

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be violent and that's much more dangerous in a way.

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable way of excising a lot of your conscience.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

What you see with your eyes are transient and ephemeral, What you see through your heart is everlasting and eternal.

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.

When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms.

owning capital is not a productive activity.

I absolutely love being a mother. It's been a blessing. It's fun and it's hard, but it's absolutely amazing.

I don't think you can get an idea of what Israel is like until you get here. People don't realize what a great place it is.

Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.

To reflect on everything in daily life is to nurture your buddha nature.

Sometimes leaving is the only way to be there for someone.