What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.

In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This is equally true of Sovietism, of China and of Iran, and in our time it has happened a lot in Islam. The point is that it's worse when the authoritarianism is supported by something supernatural.

When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue.

My horizon's have shrunk and I have only endings to write.

Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.

We who have grown up on a diet of honour and shame can still grasp what must seem unthinkable to people living in the aftermath of the death of God and of tragedy: that men will sacrifice their dearest love on the implacable altars of their pride.