I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know.

Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.

We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence.

I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element.

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.

The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad.

Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that.