Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

Coca cola and McDonalds is spreading. Just like hunger and poverty.

I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does.

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

My job is to keep my eye on the ball and to stay focused on what can we get done every single day to advance the vision and values that brought me here.

It's interesting for me to always make myself look very different.

I explain the law of compensation like this: ‘Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time’.

Every time a police agency pepper-sprays or uses pain-compliance holds against our people, their cars should burn.

I'm all in favor of the president tweeting.

Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.