But words - words are not enough!

Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.

I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference.

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague.

You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto.