The pathways of crime are clearly marked. There's a doublecross on every corner.

I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

I am tarred and feathered with Time.

I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.

I could use a little monotony in my life. Spontaneity is exhausting.

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words.

If you choose to be looking for something, you'd better be ready for whatever it is you are find. Because it may not be what you've been expecting.

I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged.

My dad brought me Michael Jackson and Madonna and said, "This is ALL you need to know!"