Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.

If geography is prose, maps are iconography.

Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.

Ive never met a general yet who could milk a cow.

Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.

Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another.

In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary.

Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't.

History is more interesting than politics.

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.

I may never be rich or famous but I've created a whole world, where anything I want is possible what more could anyone want to achieve?

Soul is soul.

A story is nothing but a lie. An illusion. And that illusion only works if we trust in it.

Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.

The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig too deep, bite too hard.

I'm a medical doctor and a biomedical scientist.

I want doctors to treat toward health and not treat toward disease.

Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.

The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.

We've got unmatched talent, innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, so when we work together, we can all benefit.