There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps...

At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless.

I believe that you must be madly in love with cinema to create films. You also need a huge cinematic baggage.

It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure whether they've understood them. I want to leave them wondering.

I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Praying for the people that hurt you may not change them, but it will change you.

Well, guys are better at mechanical stuff and women are better at emotional stuff.

While you fear missing a meal, you aren't fully aware of the meals you do eat.

There is nothing to regret, either for those who go, or for those who stay behind — only an inheritance of good accomplishment to be lived up to by those who carry a loving memory in their hearts.

You gotta hang out with people who have big dreams and believe in that dream.

I wish to reproduce things as they are or as they would be even if I myself did not exist.

What darkness to you is light to me

You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.

The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It's possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.