Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the heart of the actors. 

I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Hell, there are no rules here - we are trying to accomplish something.

If you work day-and-night, you may lose the sense of time.

I feed on other people's creativity, photographers, artists of every kind. Sometimes a feeling that you get listening to a song can be so powerful. I've wanted to write whole scripts around what I felt just listening to a piece of music. I think music is important, and surrounding your visual field with stimulating things.

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.