88 Quotes by Wong Kar-Wai

What makes international cinema so interesting is that each territory has its own sensibility. When you look at an Indian or French film, there's a certain flavor. And even though the language is different, if the film is successful, it has something very common and understandable.

People are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different than Hong Kong in reality.

We're all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.

We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love

Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.

Love is all a matter of timing. It’s no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.

We’re all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.

We love what we can’t have, and we can’t have what we love.

I’m not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.