"To be great is to be misunderstood."

“He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.”

“I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers.”

“I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.”

“People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview with Bong Joon-ho" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 7, 2007.

“Distance is the only cure for certain diseases.”

“The people who have really made history are the martyrs.”

“I'm just really proud of 'Dead Head Fred.”

Source : "Interview: Actor John C. McGinley of 'Dead Head Fred'" by Tracey John, www.mtv.com. August 28, 2007.

“The American war is over; but this far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government, and to prepare the principles, morals, and manners of our citizens for these forms of government after they are established and brought to perfection.”