“[Henry] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That’s why it’s not so easy to adapt him.”

Be yourself. Don’t pretend that you know something you don’t.

Speak about the things you really care about.

People expect a nice period piece, but that’s not always the case. There’s a deep human mystery in his work.

The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.

Don’t create the appearance of fake authority.

I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.

The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.

Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.

I used to have the craziest fear of losing teeth. I would have nightmares about that all the time. But it’s the craziest thing, because I feel like that’s one of the easiest things to fix. You just get veneers or something.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.

I think playing against [Lionel Messi] is pretty difficult. Playing by the side of the best of the world is always good. Things get easier. And if I have to win, may it be by Messi’s side. It would be great.

The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you’ll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don’t have a plan. That’s why it’s easy to beat most folks.