"As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Ambition is not a vice of little people"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"A company is only as good as the people it keeps"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"