I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They're just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think is great.

I don't have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.

Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

It's more enjoyable for me to know that life is finite. Knowing that, I would like to go to a party.

For me, it's not about masochism to talk about death. For me, it's about observing life through death, from the last point of it.

I never deny a true experience in one shot.

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

Really, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want.

I think the most profound beauty is found in what our hearts love.

There is no surer basis for fanaticism than bad history, which is invariably history oversimplified.

And then I noticed the dandelions.

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

In Hollywood, you can't say anything bad about anybody or everyone is going to attack you.

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

Hell is not to love anymore.

A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant.

Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful.

The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.