I could feel the real interaction between directing and acting, when an actor or an actress really suggests very interesting things.

In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.

My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books.

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.

What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing.

My movies are not movies of answers but of questions.

My movies, in general, I have the impression that when they finish of course they're never originally what you had in mind.

I would love to stay alone when I'm creating.

My first cut is always pretty similar to the final cut.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

Sometimes more is hidden behind a truth than a pack of lies.

Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.

Too often, we see wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame partisan divisions.

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

Sometimes I think it's a lack of knowing the areas. Obviously, everybody knows that health is important so that's - but why was I not doing the right thing? Because I was deceived.

It's never right to give up on someone.

You can't be human alone.

There are times to kill and times not to kill. Please bear this in mind with grave consideration.

I will be very sad when global warming and toxins kill off all the toads and frogs and salamanders. Here's hoping we, as humans, figure out a way to be less stupid.