Lars von trier

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful.

More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

I would say that I am a poor Christian; I'm not a believer. It was this idea very early in my life that life on Earth, nature or man could not be a creation of a merciful God.

I am not very tough with raising my children, but you can argue that to be more tough will help your children.

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

I always do something that I've never done before.