The more opinions you have, the less you see.

I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s.

Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.

Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.

My advice is, don't spend money on therapy. Spend it in a record store.

Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the first frame of a movie.

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.

I think sometimes you have to just imagine something that looks pretty impossible. By imagining something that is impossible, automatically you wish you could make it possible.

For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.

Photographs put time into such a perspective. They humble us and our selfish memories.

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.

I like to say, but saying is too much." We understand not the same.

The best way to support terrorism is to be silent.

The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.

This is not rocket science - climate science is very simple. A 12-year-old could probably understand this subject [of climate change].

If you want to know what an ultimate goal would be, of course it would be utter peace.

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died.

In tactics, no information is better than too much....because at some point the players stop reading and stop thinking.

I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don't let anyone throw you off.

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.