The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your life, it becomes fictional. Of course, the truth is never far. But the story is created out of it.

I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage.

For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.

Here's the problem: the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories. One side is the good one. The other one is evil.

Here [in the USA], you have the best laws for freedom of expression. The problem is that expression can be bought by people who don't want you have it. Apparently, true patriotism destroys freedom of expression.

If you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it.