I didn't have any set idea of what kind of filmmaker I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to tell stories that meant something to me, but I never said I was going to be the weird, avant-garde guy.

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

I'd like to quit thinking of the present as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.

The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything.

I think maybe making films is something innate you can't really teach to begin with.

The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure, while always arriving.

The rules of parenting have changed. By the modern definition, we were a generation of neglected children.

I love coming home to somebody, I love being in a relationship.

We are saddened to hear of the untimely death of Christian Audigier. It is a sad end to a brilliant marketer; his incredible energy and vision brought my artwork to global attention.

For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.

Walking through the Capitol Building gives you a sense of how it all began here. It was reassuring to see how restrained it was. It was very humble in a way.

Konstantin Levin did not like talking and hearing about the beauty of nature. Words for him took away the beauty of what he saw.

By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.

I used to practice Wicca.

Clarity precedes success.

Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies.

The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket.