Everything is hard before it is easy. The day before something is a breakthrough， it’s a stupid idea.

I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings.

"The beauty of cinema lies in its ability to make us feel less alone."

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

The best anti-poverty program is a growing economy with good jobs.