Vic Armstrong is, of course, a legend

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

Suicide and mental health problems have no boundaries.

Always dream high. Never let it down by inconsistent efforts. Your relentless labour & integrity make you successful in the long run.

True passion motivates the life forces and brings forth all things good.... desire is the poor cousin to passion, ever hungry and with no real result.

Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again.

Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

The best way to win at a game of chance is to remove chance from the equation.

Like all people in love, I was obnoxious and stupid, threatened suicide...And the one I was supposed to make worry only giggled.

Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.

Most men talk too much. Much of my success has been due to keeping my mouth shut.

One half of me is yours, the other half is yours, Mine own, I would say; but if mine, then yours, And so all yours.