Hidden in a long text, there are perhaps three lines that count.

We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore.

I don't pay attention to target audiences and therefore I often hear that I am a ratings killer, somebody who fundamentally doesn't care whether one person is watching or an entire soccer stadium.

You cannot limit yourself to one area of specialized craft. Instead, regardless of craft, you have to charge all forms of expression that lead to the community, to other people, with meaning.

When you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!

I want him everywhere. I burn for him in places he hasn't even touched.

I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man.

Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity.

No straight lines make up my life; And all my roads have bends; There's no clear-cut beginnings; And so far no dead-ends.

He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

We can't control what people do or say, even if it's dumb.

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.

You're chasing the dragon, you're chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who's still trying to fly.

We must try to contribute joy to the world.