"I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it."

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

"I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn."

"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other."

"It is a unyielding truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a timeless truth that stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone."

"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."

"If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right."