I was a very violent kid. I think movies and writing and art have been a way of channeling this. But I have will to defend people - it can be all sorts of people.

I think anything is possible to anyone who dreams, dares, works and never gives up.

I have the impression that every time I'm heartbroken, I leave a bit of myself behind. I am the believer. I go back and do the same mistakes over and over again and sign them proudly.

A movie that is unable to elicit emotion isn't a movie.

I love women in my heart but not in my undies.

I think that when you're in love, you progressively go back to who you are.

I don't belong to any school or clique or ghetto. I don't have any preconceived ideas. I'm trying to serve a story and not a genre or a style.

When I write a film, I have already made the trailer

I'm sick of people imposing cultural references and influences on me, but I'm not sick of people talking about my age.

I'd like to do something meaningful in the smallest ways, not just words or idiotic writing.

I don't master my craft or my style enough to have any philosophy or dogma to which I feel I belong.

Cling to the good.

The gold of life is for those bold and brave in life.

Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you-- And if that makes you happy, kid, You'll be the first it ever did.

I was next to Bobby [Kennedy] when he was shot. It was hideous. Part of me wanted to crawl away. I couldn't... I still wake up in the night and think about it. I even remember the f-stop. It was 1.4.

Sleep is just a symptom of caffeine lack

We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.

Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.