As long as movies are depressing, life isn't.

I detest the idea that love between two persons can lead to salvation. All my life I have fought against this oppressive type of relationship. Instead, I believe in searching for a kind of love that somehow involves all of humanity.

The more real things get, the more like myths they become.

Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.

The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.

So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.

For all of us it’s the things that won’t work that keep our interest.