A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.
My films have sort of amateur elements, a naive quality, yet they have some sophisticated quality, sometimes the rhythm is kinda elegant.
Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.
I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.
When I get depressed, or anything, I go 'think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!' So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?
The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.
If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.
All was there-the programme of German resurrection, the technique of party propaganda; the plan for combating Marxism; the concept of a National-Socialist State; the rightful position of Germany at the summit ofthe world. Here was the new Koran of faith and war: turgid, verbose, shapeless, but pregnant with its message.
The true use of art is, first, to cultivate the artist's own spiritual nature.
Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.
I think my feet are my sexiest body part. People I find really sexy include Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and my mum.