I work with the dead, but I am working for the living..

Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn't discriminate..

I am mentally bifocal..

You are not who others say you are. You are who God says you are..

The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you..

Be classy. Anything but trashy..

Power interrupts. Uninterruptible power interrupts absolutely..

There's something bad in everything good and something good in everything bad..

It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are..

A woman only can understand a woman..

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art..

When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle’s wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance… and, well, ….

Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better..

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure..

Have you ridden over anyone you shouldn't?.

Washington's a cesspool of money..

You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits..

I've never really looked back..

You do a lot of concatenating when you're an Oulipian.

No one is ever going to be as good as I was.

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me..