A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that. But if you go to foreign films, if you go to documentaries, if you go to independent films, if you go to good films, you will become a better person because you will understand human nature better. Movies record human nature in a better way than any other art form, that's for sure.

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.

That's what fantasies are for, to help us imagine that things are better than they are.

What makes people interesting is the spirit that shines through.

I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.

We are the playthings of the gods.

A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.