There's a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

I want revenge, but I don't want to screw up my karma.

Is there a medical rule that requires doctors-office personnel to treat you as though you have the IQ of a Cheeto?

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.

The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence.

My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative.

Hit the club, and I'm mad cause they wont let us in. Now I'm about to go bad like drunk mexicans.

Most everything means nothing, except some things that mean everything.

On the theoretical side, I was concerned with stochastic resonance.

The layout was griping, the glide is awesome. Two ten-inch fins up, way up.