I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.

Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.

My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.

I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.

Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on.