Inasmuch as it's a culture, cinema is the only thing at our disposal with which we can recognize ourselves in today's images. As an instrument it's inevitably inadequate, but it's the only one.

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

The personal appropriation of cliches is a condition for the spread of cultural tourism.

In an age of synthetic images and synthetic emotions, the chances of an accidental encounter with reality are remote indeed.

A cinephile is someone who expects too much of cinema.

Television is a formidable thinking tool. You are like an analyst to whom society's subconscious would be offered wide open.

In order to answer the question “Where am I going?” one needs to work for self-improvement, to possess decisiveness, to have a will to win and dedication to achieve the goal at all cost

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a difficult time balancing between my real world and the artificial world.

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.

My meals were easily made, for they were all alike and simple, only a cupful of tea and bread.

We ain't goin' study war no more.

The tarot card 'The Tower' seemed a chilling reflection of the events of September 11, 2001.

When a dream takes hold of you, what can you do? You can run with it, let it run your life, or let it go and think for the rest of your life about what might have been.

There's no difference between me and you. You need something, a glove, a place to live, you let me know.