We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence.

You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's fate - but you can't want to make a film simply for the sake of it.

Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made.

[on Rouge] This is a film about communication that disappears. We have better and better tools and less and less communication with each other. We only exchange information.

But I reckon that this realm of higher needs, of something more than just forgetting about everyday life, of mere recreation, this realm of needs has been clearly neglected by us.

kenangan itu cuma hantu di sudut pikir. selama kita diam dan ngga berbuat apa-apa, selamanya dia tetap jadi hantu, ngga akan pernah jadi kenyataan.

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is thread, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it.

Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not.

Class is material consumed.

With the first kiss his mouth will taste of wormwood.

The world is changing. We all know this. And as that world changes, if you don't transform your company, you're stuck.

What a lark! What a plunge!

Tonight I feel the stars are out to use me for target practice.