Death is not the end. Death can never be the end. Death is the road.

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

I don't blame people who suspect my performance. My own mind suspects it. How can I blame them?

If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being.

Commerce seems to be covering every aspect of our lives now. Which me, because I'm a romantic, is sad for me to say.

There are times I wish I was more conventional. I would get a husband and a baby and a big SUV in the 'burbs and be happy. But forging my own way - my career, my relationships with wonderful but troubled people - that's who I am.

When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.

Spending time with Mexican-born writer and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, you'd never guess that he's the filmmaker behind a series of movies known as the 'Death Trilogy.' The way he dotes on his children and talks about his wife makes it clear that he has a crackling passion for life.