I don't have to go very far to see the power of beauty. Being desired, feeling desired is a very seductive aspect of our being.

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be violent and that's much more dangerous in a way.

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable way of excising a lot of your conscience.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

There is only One holy Knowledge, the excellent knowledge of God.

Time reveals character.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free

Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.

But all propositions of logic say the same thing. That is, nothing.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi. -Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn

My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'

If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.

From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.