The Best The Director Quotes
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The: All of this for what? Because of a puppy?
John: It wasn't just a puppy.
The: Your ticket is torn. You may never return home.
The: [as she and John walk through various studios within the Tarkovsky Theater] You know, when my pupils first come here, they wish for one thing: a life free of suffering. I try to dissuade them from these childish notions, but as you know
[as they pause to watch a ballerina tear off a worn toenail]
The: , art is pain. Life is suffering.