-
“When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't.”
Source : "Fictional character: Louie". "Louie/ Cop Story", www.imdb.com. 2015. 
-
“Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.”
-
“Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.'”
-
“Since substance is infinite, the universe as a whole, i.e., god, Hegel is telling us that philosophy is knowledge of the infinite, of the universe as a whole, i.e, god. You cannot get more metaphysical than that. I think that Hegel scholars have to admit this basic fact rather than burying their heads in the sand and trying to pretend that Hegel is concerned with conceptual analysis, category theory, normativity or some such contemporary fad.”
Source : "Diotima’s child". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 21, 2012.
-
“All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.”
-
“Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue”
-
“I agree that we should regard all books of the Bible as equally inspired - and important. But some come into sharp focus at certain times, as particularly relevant and sharp in what they have to say to our culture at any given moment of history. And Jeremiah is a book for our times.”
Source : Source: www.patheos.com
-
“I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.”
Source : "Arms Wide Open: Patrice Leconte Talks About 'Intimate Strangers'". IndieWire Interview, www.indiewire.com. July 30, 2004.
