I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.

If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

Spending longer thinking about the problem before you dive in is likely to lead to higher levels of creativity in the final product.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing and doing it assiduously.

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager

I never knew about a lot of the outside things

Who is Dr. A. von Holstein? And is he related, by chance, to a race of cows?

I like the variety. But basically my choice of films is a small intimate film. Quiet film, no action, just people in relationships. That's what I like the most.

Above all, Vietnam was a war that asked everything of a few and nothing of most in America.

The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization.

Ideally, nothing should be shown, but that’s impossible.

The single most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power.