I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare.

I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature.

I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters.

Only the poets can hold the country together, and I wanted to hold Germany together.

When we speak about trespassing, we speak about artistic trespassing. You have to be prudent and have common sense and a sense of responsibility when you're trespassing. I think you haven't seen a film on volcanoes like that before. It's not National Geographic. It is wildly imaginative and very poetic and has a sense of awe that you normally do not see in films.

There is a fascination about crime, which is understandable, but hardly anyone talks about the families of victims of violent crime and the devastation that is beyond the victim alone.

I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for human beings.