Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.

I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.

So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.

Memories are doing funny things to us.

People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man.

You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

I'm convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.

So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good.

For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.

First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy.

The Czech movies, the quality movies, are trying to show the life in the country as it is, in an entertaining way, while in America, the majority of movies are wonderful fairy tales.

We cannot change anything in our past

Love is my philosophy, compassion is my journey and peace is my destination.

Angel of Fire is about an ordinary boy to whom extraordinary things happen

Ideas are powerful things requiring not a studious contemplation but an action even if it is only an inner action.

The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.

Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.

I'm not evil, but some people are freaked out by a living doll.

Recycle those nerves and make them adreneline.

Regardless of how well you can be offensively, if you have a great defense, you can deal with any offense.

I have an ugly day every month; pimples on my face, I'm fat and in a bad mood. It's more like an ugly week!