There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because we cannot put on clothes that don't fit us.

I never make a film with a message in mind. I'm more interested in the characters; how they are related to each other and the situation they're in.

The way people respond to struggles or express their feelings in difficult situations are very different. I like imagining how characters would react in certain situations.

I try to be straight when I communicate with my audiences through a film. I'm not sure whether I have been successful. I don't watch my film once they're in theaters.

There's no such thing as being cool. People who pretend to be cool have more emotional layers.

I only see things that I shouldn't have done when I watch my film again.

Every crossroad in life has four options – quit, adapt, proceed, or accept, but quitting is a dead-end.

A woman never sees what we do for her she only sees what we don't do.

I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist

Everything is a process... some of our eating habits consist of things we can't change, but if we modify it a little and put some exercise in there, we can really make a difference.

A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.

The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section.

We do not want to lead or be led. We want to be free.

What I want people to recognize is that we have to keep working together and take charge because we all have the same story.

Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground?