Science explains the world, but only Art can reconcile us to it.
Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.
If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.
It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.
Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.
What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise.
We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.
Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant.
The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.
Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son.
Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.