Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried.

You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.

Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic.

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

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.

Image is an international language.

Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad.