The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure, while always arriving.

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

I'd like to quit thinking of the present as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.

The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything.

I think maybe making films is something innate you can't really teach to begin with.

The rules of parenting have changed. By the modern definition, we were a generation of neglected children.

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory.

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.

Put not your trust in princes.

Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.

There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness. One With Life.

I want to release music that is true to myself.

We do not take much warning of our own mortality in seeing others die, nor of our own weakness in seeing others break down: we think we feel the springs of life stronger in us.

With every word, I drop knowledge.

All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.

Don't choose the better person, choose the person who makes a better you.