Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves?

Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?

Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.

I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?

Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.

(...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access.

Love is the suspension of reality in favor of the sublime.

It's not "jalan-jalan" nor "liburan". It's just something we do naturally. Like breathing and eating. It's basically living.

If you work for it, you'll deserve what comes. Hard work.

In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.

Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking.

Nowadays, photographers start out with ideas, and their photos become the expression of an idea. To my way of thinking, a photo should not depend on ideas, should go beyond ideas.

Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.

We never change, we never die, and we are never born.

It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.