A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man.

The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

What you don't deal with today, will live to deal with you tomorrow.

Joy is the most infallible sign of the Presence of God.

Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.

You don't need to get anywhere or be anything more than the beautiful soul that you already are.

The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off

I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.

Now I'm a big fan [of X-files]. I had to see what all the fuss is about, and I love it.

Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire.

There's fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it.