If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

It's never the deviants who are the problem, puss. Don't forget that. It's the people who won't open their minds that are dangerous.

Always at the heart of my life there has been fire.

There are people you remember and people you dream of.

Surround yourself with people who respect and treat you well.

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.

Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group

What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary.

What humanity abhors, custom reconciles and recommends to us.

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.