“So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can ...” — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Quote

“So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.”

“The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film.”

“Women think in [Douglas] Sirk’s films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always reacting, doing what women are supposed to do, but in Sirk they think. It’s something that has to be seen. It’s great to see women think. It gives one hope. Honestly.”

“It's the dualistic ways of looking at things that produces the evil.”

“Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.”

“You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.”