The word griot...is the word for what I do and the role that the filmmaker has in society...the griot is a messenger of one's time, a visionary and the creator of the future.

Cinema is magic in the service of dreams.

If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved

Pray as flowers pray for beauty.

A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.

Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

A dog – a collie – went up to Eric, looked up at his face, and growled. “Shoo,” Eric said, making an imperious gesture with his hand.

We must distinguish judging from guessing.

Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You!?

No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again.

Management plays a role just keeping everything in place for you and making sure everything's going right.

Canada needs to dismantle its public health-care system and allow private enterprise to get involved and turn a profit.