The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
The role of the artist is to ask the right questions, not to provide solutions.
The complexity of things—the things within things—just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.
The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
What can be shown, cannot be said.
"I think the best films are the ones that challenge you, that make you think, that stay with you long after you've left the theater."