The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.

When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new. It always winds up feeling more like a job interview.

A lot of my friends are guys, so I'm used to bro antics.

I don't direct the plays of others.

All I ever wanted to do was hear music that I like and play it to other people

I am sarcastic and dry, but I also have a pretty huge zest for life.

Study nature not books

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this.

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.