The UK has a super strong music culture. I could definitely see myself living there if it made sense.

If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.

Everything is going to hell, but we should smile all the way.

The enemy isn't conservatism. The enemy isn't liberalism. The enemy is bulls**t.

A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

If anyone would like to hit me, they are perfectly welcome. I must warn you, though, that I might enjoy it. So maybe it's not the right kind of punishment.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that Ive always demanded more from the sunset.

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine.

I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s art, that’s great, but I’ll let history decide.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.

Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.

If you ever get in real trouble, don't panic. Sit down and think about it. Remember two things, always. There must be some way out of it and there must be humor in it somewhere.

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.

Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.