We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should learn to love each other so much to live outside of time... detached.

Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen.

When the most important times are occurring, we don't even recognize them or notice. We are just busy living our lives. Only looking back do we know what was a great moment in our lives.

The only place where you can be a dictator and still be loved is on the movie set

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

Never trust a woman who doesn’t like to eat. She is probably lousy in bed.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.