I do not actually see how art, literature can be anything other that being in that domain of trying to tell us, trying to get us to see what is important in our lives.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

This universe belongs to those who know how to see, feel, and love the beauty of life and the universe.

If you wish success in life make perseverance your bosom friend.

Not as she is, but as she fills his dream

Well, actually, plucking my eyebrows is more of a hobby than a grooming tip.

I just want some head in a comfortable bed.

I do not come from a rich family, but I come from a really good family.

A minute moving among the patterns of beauty and the dreams of love is greater and more precious than an age filled with splendor granted by the weak to the strong.

I think if you're looking for a pure expression of evil, torture is pretty - is a pretty good candidate.

Freedom and independence is my character.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.