Samuel Fuller Quotes

Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic.

When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it

A film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence, death—In one word, emotions.

You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point

Surviving is the only glory in war.

A woman is just a script, but a cigar is a motion picture.

We don't murder, we kill.... You don't murder animals, you kill them.

We got a right to climb out of the sewer and live like other people. We could start from scratch. Make every minute count twice for the one we lost.

Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death...In a word, emotion.

Film is a battleground.

Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.

Extending the language of film sometimes starts with just trying to show one true thing.

We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense

If your first scene doesn't give you a hard on, throw it out!

When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is.

The creepy thing about battle is you always feel alone.

Heroes? Don't believe in them.

I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films.