I have never intended in any of my films to sell violence or to glorify it. Even in the most intense action sequences in my films, there is a message about how evil violence is.

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.

There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.

When I was young, I loved movies so much I wanted to make one.

'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.

I'm not a master; I'm just a hard-working filmmaker. I would like everyone to see me as a friend rather than a master.

I also wanted people to know that football actually started in China almost 3000 years ago.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

We saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

You cannot know what I do not tell you, yet you will be judged harshly for not knowing.

They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.

You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!

Kids are dying from causes of sexual activity. You're not going to find a tombstone stating that Frankie died because he was a virgin.

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

We live of novelty in science, so whenever you do something new, you have to overcome certain beliefs that this cannot be done, that it is not interesting and so on.

To me, poetry is a rational act. I never write a poem if I'm not sure what I am going to say or what I want to communicate.

As a boy I was a hermit crab, but I soon came out of my shell. Now I am a pincer crab, and soon I will be at my full power as a deadly nuclear lobster.