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“The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream.”
Source : Francis Harold Cook, Francis Dojun Cook, Eihei Dogen (1978). “How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo”, p.51, Simon and Schuster
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“You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people.”
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“I haven't written anything yet that makes me think, This is it! and I don't imagine I ever will. I don't know how it is with you, but when I finish something, even when I'm pleased with the results, it never quite matches the shimmering vision that was out ahead of me as I wrote.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.”
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“I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view.”
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“I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly don't work at the box office, and they become your favorite films.”
Source : "The Scene" Interview, edition.cnn.com. October 3, 2006. 
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“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.”
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“Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.”
