"My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation."

“I wonder what it's like out there?”

“Look, I'm a coach, I'm not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.”

“Women have a predestination to suffering.”

“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.

“Our eventual aim is simply stated - that there should be no safe haven for terrorists anywhere in the world. We say to the people of Afghanistan: 'You have been ill served by those who have made your country a centre for terrorism across the world. As soon as this stops, the world will work with you to build a better future for you and for your children.”

Source : "Key quotes from the Commons debate" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2001.

“Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.”

“It is important for everyone to keep in close contact and preferably be in physical proximity with their loved ones.”

“The darker side of the City tried to emphasize the selfish parts of me by encouraging my sense of entitlement and my desire for personal space. But God seemed to whisper that the alternative existed: to let Him grow humility and concern for others in a way I had never experienced, to live out His peace amid whirling chaos.”