Whoever came up first with that saying a picture is worth a thousand words didn't understand the first thing about either one.

I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s.

Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.

Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.

My advice is, don't spend money on therapy. Spend it in a record store.

Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the first frame of a movie.

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.

The more opinions you have, the less you see.

I think sometimes you have to just imagine something that looks pretty impossible. By imagining something that is impossible, automatically you wish you could make it possible.

For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.

Photographs put time into such a perspective. They humble us and our selfish memories.

We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.

Having the courage to speak one's mind is as important as knowing when the time is right to do so.

It was true. Men could be with whomever they pleased. But women had to date better, kinder, richer, and bright, bright, bright, or else people got embarrassed.

How can we know who we are and where we are going if we don't know anything about where we have come from and what we have been through, the courage shown, the costs paid, to be where we are?

Too many employers have said that they are unable to find skilled workers.

It is a difficult thing to like anybody else's ideas of being funny.

The chicken had his wish, and was magically transformed into a fox. Then he found that he could not digest grain.

You have to accept both losing and winning well. I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost.

Your mission isn't a project to check off your list. It's a commitment to which to dedicate your life.

The obstacle is the USA administration. I know there is a strong Israeli lobby in America, no doubt of it.