There is never an excuse not to finish a film.

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.

Hawke, " he said. "That's the word you need to be saying.

Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream

No drug mafia can run his business without affiliation with the governance.

The Egyptian military plays positive and negative roles in Egypt, but the most significant single thing it did under Mubarak was to guarantee an Islamist victory once he left the scene.

I don't really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.

If we are true servants of the masses, we would take pride in spinning for their sake.

I was determined not to remain poor.

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.

Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.

In God's eyes, no one on this planet is any better than you.