Books Quote by Rithy Panh

What I like to do with every film is to bring a form, like a cinematographic proposal. If you watch 'S21,' it's a form;…

— Rithy Panh

We need creativity. We need more poetry after Auschwitz.

— Rithy Panh

It's better to live a world where you can hear different languages and sensibilities.

— Rithy Panh

Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story.

— Rithy Panh

I didn't survive because I was stronger than others. I survived because my family and friends helped me to survive. They took my place.…

— Rithy Panh

We must be capable of writing our own history.

— Rithy Panh

In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay,…

— Rithy Panh

Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic approach. You…

— Rithy Panh

If you can keep something very personal, like a song, like a color, like a story, deep in your heart, then nobody can destroy…

— Rithy Panh

The most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people.

— Rithy Panh

Evil has always been there; it's always a part of us. Evil is no big surprise. But what about the people who gave freely,…

— Rithy Panh

As children, we did not have toys. We invented characters and animals; we invented stories.

— Rithy Panh