Heinrich Heine

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.