You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It's fresh and so open. It's definitely one of my favorite places.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

It was haunted

To minimize hatred and oppression, our love roots must be deep and solid.

How do you deliver the best possible and affordable health care to maximize health?

My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)

I felt the most intense pleasure in piercing the stone in order to make an abstract form and space; quite a different sensation from that of doing it for the purpose of realism.

It's easy for people to say stuff when they don't know the full story.

The only way to get our society to truly change is to frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe.

Try to save something while your salary is small; it's impossible to save after you begin to earn more.

Our destiny is determined, not by what we possess, but by what possess us.

The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.