My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

When I put on makeup, I'm not doing it to pander to antiquated patriarchal ideas of feminine beauty. I'm doing it because it makes me feel good.

Every word you’ve ever said, is written somewhere in my mind.

A society living by the laws of the world is moving towards a global crisis in all its spheres of life.

And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.

I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.

Healthcare is becoming part of information technology.

One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.

Take your time, teach what you love, be unabashedly you, and try not to compare yourself to someone who's been teaching longer than you.

Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.

You see people who get so many big opportunities, and they take them, and they're not ready.