Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Without dreams we would be cows in a field, and I don't want to live like that. I live my life or I end my life with this project.

There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself?

Communism was meant to be an alternative religion.

As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding.

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.

Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.

Every morning I stand on my head and do a yoga workout.

All religions have always hated females.

As we all know, the Discworld is a flat planet - like a geological pizza, but without the anchovies.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.