I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.

When God speaks faith has to connect to His Word because if you allow only your feelings to connect no root can be formed.

A person’s irregular surfaces are what make us interesting.

In catalepsy and a dead trance, I studiously held the quick of my nature.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I feel like my sixteenth birthday and the time I graduated from high school, and the first time I flew solo all wrapped up in one.

Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.

Look at my body. Does it look like I sue steroids?

I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

Losing does not make you a failure; it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure

The churches that are most obviously democratic are most obviously given to race prejudice. I mean the churches that have absolute congregational control.