Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.

I think we all want to find the love of our life and live our fantasies. What art student hasn't used his art to get girls? What journalists or actors haven't used their craft as well? It's a very human instinct to pursue.

Let me be very frank. I make films keeping within the mainstream and my cinema is popular cinema. I love it this way.

For a lot of people, film is still the dream - the captive audience in the darkened theater - but I love TV. I think it's fantastic.