I consider myself 'local' in Sweden.

In Sweden, we have what is called 'The Finnish Disease.' It consists of not talking much, or at all.

In life, new thoughts and ideas always clash with the old world order and habits.

I often use humor as a tool in my writing, and sometimes that works and sometimes it sits alone just as a funny line.

The longer I've been a director, the less I have to 'direct.'

When I was younger, I didn't like shooting part, because I was more of a writer and didn't like being the center of it all.

Love can become overused.

Situation after situation, shape your attitude! Situation after situation change your character!

Love can be a very frightening thing.”“That is why most great love stories are tragedies.

Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on.

Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.

To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy's vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational literature.

I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.

From every conceivable angle-economic social, cultural, public health, national defense-conservation of natural resources is an objective on which all should agree.

I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.

The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.