Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.

Objects exist and if one pays more attention to them than to people, it is precisely because they exist more than the people. Dead objects are still alive. Living people are often already dead.

People like to say, 'What do you mean exactly?' I would answer, 'I mean, but not exactly.'

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.

Photography is truth...and cinema is truth 24 times a second.

To live in society today is like living in one enormous comic-strip.

"Away, away," says hate. "Closer, closer," says love.

Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.

Compassion without action is meaningless.

If leadership is the spinal cord of success then discipline is its lumbar vertebrae.

The most important fact about Spaceship Earth: an instruction book didn't come with it.

Id love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!

I’m having a vacation and it’s so beautiful and maybe I’ll never get another film idea in my life.

I'm not good at debating - I'm much better at pontificating.

Artists themselves are neurotic and fearful people, and you can look at their work and figure out what they're scared of.

What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? ... Work and love.

Should I string her up or strangle her in bed, suffocate that venomous head? Or perhaps I'll just whip her to death. Listen, do me a favor, kill my wife.

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.