“Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion.”

I have encountered in this world riff-raff and good people. I lose. I win. I defend myself when I am attacked. I take when someone has taken from me. But I beg you to believe me; I have never done an act of espionage against France. Never. Never.

My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music. The temple in which I dance can be vague or faithfully reproduced, for I am the temple.

Everything is an illusion.

I was not content at home. . . I wanted to live like a colorful butterfly in the sun.

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.

You who think of us: they lived only in delusion, Know that we the People of the Book, will never die!

I’m not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

Don’t get disillusioned, no don’t expect too much Cause if what you have is all you can get Just keep on trying It just ain’t happened yet.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Forgiveness gives birth to freedom so forgive them and set yourself free from the delusion of their chains and from the agony in your reality.

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.

It took less than half a second for me to realize that, as long as I was truly insane now, I might as well enjoy the delusions while they were pleasant.