"The great problem with people is that they believe they have to be in love to be happy. They don’t. They have to be in love to reproduce."

"I think that art should be disturbing, it should make you question things, it should make you uncomfortable."

"Perhaps it's a good thing that human beings are not immortal. If they were, they'd get tired of living and fall into a state of profound boredom. It's the knowledge of death that makes life precious."

"The idea that social restraints are all bad is based on a utopian and unrealistic vision of man."

"No. To see a film once and write a review is an absurdity. Yet very few critics ever see a film twice or write about films from a leisurely, thoughtful perspective."