Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible ….

I think sometimes you have to just imagine something that looks pretty impossible. By imagining something that is impossible, automatically you wish ….

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes..

Photographs put time into such a perspective. They humble us and our selfish memories..

Pina Bausch's motto was "Dance, otherwise we are lost." She really meant it, that dance was her answer to life and to the troubles and to the problem….

I heard that Trump said even smelling a book makes him feel tired..

I sometimes feel fiction is the ideal preservation for real memories. Fiction is such a good place to keep things..

The beautiful image today means nothing. It's worthshit. In fact, it's almost as if it has the opposite effect, becauseyou're just like everything el….

Entertainment today constantly emphasises the message that things are wonderful the way they are. But there is another kind of cinema, which says tha….

Images are no longer what they used to be. They can't be trusted any more. We all know that. You know that. When we grew up, images were telling stor….

Before you say cut, wait 5 seconds.

If anything, I see myself as a witness. I'd also be pleased, if you'd call me an interpreter. I try to hear and see the message of a place and pass i….

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception t….

The most political decision you make is where you direct people's eyes. In other words, what you show people, day in and day out, is political...And ….

Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the first frame of a movie..

Sex and violence was never really my cup of tea; I was always more into sax and violins..

If you travel a lot, if you like roaming about in order to lose yourself, you can end up in the strangest places. I think it must be a kind of built-….

The more opinions you have, the less you see..

My advice is, don't spend money on therapy. Spend it in a record store..

Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action..

Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it..