Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.

There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual.

In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something.

This man (Bergman) is one of the few film directors-perhaps the only one in the world-to have said as much about human nature as Dostoevsky or Camus.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know.

The realm of superstitions, fortune-telling, presentiments, intuition, dreams, all this is the inner life of a human being, and all this is the hardest thing to film.

(When asked what a director does) I help.

Praise first the mighty blessing of yourself!

I eat a variety of foods like vegetables, fruit and beef for protein and iron.

Consult the Genius of the Place in all.

People that don't want to get down to the business at hand. Instead of just doing less, we have to find ways of doing more with less. That's the key to the future.

They say I need to learn, but nobody's here to teach me. If they don't understand, how can they reach me?

Light for every darkness, life in death, the promise of our Lord's return, and the assurance of everlasting glory.

I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.

I'm a GM in fantasy basketball and I'm a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don't know.

How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered.

The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.