I think any big success is paralyzing. I have observed it in others.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

Some actors can draw from their own darkness.

The quality of beauty lies on how beholder values an object.

Be patient. Everything has it's time. You can't make an orange mature right away because you are hungry

The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

Ever since I was a little kid, whenever my parents would have company over, I would put on shows, whether they would be magic shows, singing shows, dancing shows, little skits.

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.

Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

The Television is the monster of hell.

If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence, here and now, in the present.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

Riches can be stolen-not richness.