The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.

You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.

In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.

This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.

Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to lose.

If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.

Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.

The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .

I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.

I'm still fighting. I don't know how much longer, but I'm still fighting a struggle, which is to make cinema alive and not just make another film.

When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it's so beautiful - I should be a filmmaker!

I am master of my spoken words and slave to those which remain unspoken.

Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference - Alcoholics Anonymous

The goodness you do when you are very happy is not as valuable as the goodness you do when you are very unhappy!

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.

We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development.

Watch out strange cat people, little red roosters on the prowl. If you see my little red rooster, please drive him home.

Right now, I am a football player and I will sacrifice whatever is necessary to be the best.

I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures.

Due to a life of training and playing, I seem to spend half my time in the shower.

You see people who are disenfranchised elsewhere coming to Comic Con and making lifetime friends. I love seeing the outcasts of society all bonding together.