The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.

I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions.

I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

I don't watch many comic-book movies. But I loved 'Sin City.'