"The very meaning of life is suffering. We are born to suffer, to suffer to help others to suffer."

"I'm not interested in making films for critics. I'm interested in making films for audiences, and if they like them, that's all that matters."

"If you really want to understand a film, you have to watch it at least three times. The first time, you watch the story. The second time, you watch the characters. The third time, you watch the subtex…"

"I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything by using fear as the basic motivation."

"There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to things that are vague, mysterious, or even a little opaque."