“Putin has mobilized and gathered the desires of millions upon millions...” — Svetlana Alexievich Quote

“Putin has mobilized and gathered the desires of millions upon millions of people who have been lied to, cheated, who lost out in the new order of things - and in each of these people is a bit of Putin. They have come together to make the image we know as Putin. Putin himself is just the tip of an iceberg.”

“All of history misses out on the history of the soul. Human passions are so often not included in history.”

“The subjects I wanted to write about - the mystery of the human soul, evil - didn't interest newspapers, and news reporting bored me.”

“I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated.”

“I feel like we cheated... because you read about these other directors, just like, 'Damn! They paid dues for 10 years before they got to get behind the camera.' We cheated because technology was in the right place at the right time, and we were alive at the right age at the right time for us to take advantage of that.”

“There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married, I never cheated. But I made up for it when I wasn't married. You have to keep your hand in.”