A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.

Everything is going to hell, but we should smile all the way.

If anyone would like to hit me, they are perfectly welcome. I must warn you, though, that I might enjoy it. So maybe it's not the right kind of punishment.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that Ive always demanded more from the sunset.

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema.

I am a man of very many anxieties but doing strange things with the camera is not one of them.

I think its a very strange question that I have to defend myself. I don’t feel that. You are all my guests, it’s not the other way around, that’s how I feel.

Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.

People become followers of the God because of his fear, but they become a fan of a hero because of his work.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

. . . I still wouldn't be able to control myself around him, and I'm math geek enough to know that equation doesn't work out.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades.

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.

Yes, Hackney has got more expensive, but so has rest of London

Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs.

You know, Mr. Webb, you have two commands you use with irritating frequency. 'Move' and 'Let's go.

When lovers of life get ready to dance, the earth shakes and the sky trembles.