——2005年2月24日 斯洛伐克首都布拉迪斯拉发，在与美国总统布什共同举行的记者招待会上就布什批评俄罗斯民主而发言
"The characters in my books are often people who are struggling to find their place in the world."
The most important thing in filmmaking is the story. Without a good story, you have nothing.
I always thought it was important to have a vision and to persist.
Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.