There is no border in my films. You can see yourself in these stories. This is the greatest thing about the power of cinema. It's very present. It's all there. You can't escape it.

Cinema is the greatest mirror of humanity's struggle. You see this alternative world, but you're part of it. Everybody is part of it. This is our world.

There is no border. I'm branding my films as Malay cinema, but it's just about cinema. Everything that I make is about humanity's struggle, so there is no border, really.

I'm interested in the cultural thing - music, then eventually cinema. I think it's part of my struggle as a cultural worker. I'm not into the armed thing. I cannot be violent.

A huge part of losing weight is believing you have the power to do it.

The fear of loss . . . it can destroy you as much as the loss itself.

I really had no idea you'd be this stupid but then again you were the only person that really got me

To a vampire, there is only selfishness.

History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.

Without a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to common sense

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

Ironically, many of people, including Osama bin Laden and the mujahedeen, were, in fact, nourished by the United States in the early eighties in its efforts to drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan.

It is upsetting that many people don't seem to observe what's happening to the environment, what's happening in terms of global warming, the loss of habitats and wild things.

Strive to have sunshine in our hearts each day. It will greatly improve our outlook.