Movies are more likely than literature to reach deep feelings in people.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

Culture is worth a little risk.

People move forward into the future out of the way they comprehend the past. When we don't understand something in our past, we are therefore crippled.

We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them.

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.

I really gave up being passionate about politics 10, 15, 20 years ago, because I think finally that there were forces in the country that are larger than politics itself. And so I find it a fascinating game, this wonderful stuff goes on in terms of watching the game. But If you get to down it, look, I`m going to root for someone, I`ll root at a football game, not for politicians.