Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.

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

To tell you the truth, I never wanted to become a moviemaker. It was like I was a cinepihile, and I go, like, three or four times per week to the cinema, and I like to watch films.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is the best form.

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.