Try to resist copying a blueprint from another person's ministry.

Abbandonarsi ai propri pensieri per un'ora, ogni giorno, senza scopo: basta questo per rimanere qualcosa che somigli a un uomo

There are a thousand and one gates leading into the orchard of mystical truth. Every human being has his own gate. We must never make the mistake of wanting to enter the orchard by any gate but our own. To do this is dangerous for the one who enters and also for those who are already there.

When you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? why didn't you become the Messiah?' The only question we will be asked in that precious moment is 'why didn't you become you?' Elie Wiesel

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could.

I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.

I'm enormously proud of being the ancestor of a convict. That's mad, isn't it, but I really am.

I used the aspects of being a woman to my advantage, but I worked for myself, not a big corporation, so I was lucky to have the freedom to behave however I liked.

I'm always my hardest critic.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.