Fiction is not an escape from reality but a deeper immersion into it.

All I can do is be myself, whoever that is.

"Every film is a journey, and every journey changes you."

We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.

"Every revolution begins with a single thought that refuses to be silenced."

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems—but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems more and more incredible.