Tremendous beauty and tremendous ugliness puts you on the outside of things.

There are no “old” movies-only movies you have already seen and ones you haven't.

The criterion for judging whether a movie is successful or not is time.

One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to.

If filmmakers are ignorant of the past, they laborto re-invent the wheel in every picture. You sit and think, 'Well,we're back to 1903 here.'

Cher is one of the most talented women I've ever met. She's got depth and emotion that haven't even been touched.

She collapsed. I stepped forward and caught her. I thought of two trees nearly unrooted and leaning against each other.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.

History teaches everything, even the future.

Just make sure you're gone by the time we get to Miles's. It creeps me out to see you sitting in his lap without his permission.

Young love is so ridiculous, as is middle-aged and old love. And it's also hilarious. When have you ever felt so vulnerable and wonderful and terrible at the same time?

We create the reality in which we live.

My love for you tonight is so deep and tender that it seems to be outside myself as well.

Based on a string of bad breakups, I was forced to examine my choice of partners. Surely, that must have abolished me from any wrongdoing.

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.