There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing.

When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you.

When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them.

I'm a fan of music from all over the world.

A lot of the aspects of the world of the film are amalgams of things that already exist.

We always had the idea that there might be two slightly different versions of the same thing.

I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it.

I still enjoy watching films more than making them.

You can almost take the book and use it as a script.

Like lightning she snatched her axe, and struck him on the neck - deep - once - twice - his life-blood gushed out, staining her feet.The stars touched midnight.

mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

I have no desire whatever to reform myself. My only desire is to reform people who try to reform me. And I believe that the only way to reform people is to kill 'em.

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.

We all have to feel empty sometimes.

The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral.

There are future lives. It is not necessary to cram everything into this lifetime. You can enjoy this lifetime, go with the flow, and know it will lead you to a better life in your next incarnation.

You may not get what you paid for, but you will pay for what you get.

I cannot think of a thing that was better in those good old days.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.