ANYTHING IN THIS UNIVERSE CAN BE A STORY WORTH TELLING, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW HOW TO BEST TELL IT.

I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.

What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.

We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence.

I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.

It’s hard for me to talk about love,' she said. 'I think movies are the way I do that.

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.

That's the illusion of stillness. There is no secret. Only the implication of one by its possesor".

Summer movie idea: take all the sequels that are out right now, and make movies about their backstories.

It is an example of what films can do, how they can slip past your defenses and really break your heart.

That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film.

Out of the ugliness of the ironworks lepers will eat, children will be born, their parents will grow old.

Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire.

The problem is we are not eating food anymore, we are eating food like products. (Hungry For Change Film)

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.