The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.

My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

When you turn 60, the key is to not stop moving. Once you start to stop moving, you rust. You got to just keep going.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.