Tolstoy's definition of art is the inverse of the truth; the task of art is to transform not perception into feeling, but feeling into perception.

From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives and times.

If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.

Every brush stroke has a certain tension, a certain nervousness. Every brush stroke is, in a sense, some kind of an accident.

If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.

Please. Forgive me. One more chance, Blaire. I want this. I want you.

You are my light in the darkness.

Humor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human.

Anxiety and gratitude cant live in the same head

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

Bong Joon-ho is enormously sensitive to performance. He knows what he needs to see and that's all he needs to shoot. He is so daring. We don't do that in the west. We shoot everything.

Christianity, sharing the Christian faith, in common, gives you instant friendship, and that is the remarkable thing, because it transcends culture.

When you choose to become part of a team, you cease to exist as an individual.

I once owned a collection of 77 novels that won the Pulitzer. The only good novel of the bunch was The Grapes of Wrath.

I feel apart from everything and a part of everything.