Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc.

American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema.

The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.

It is art's task to make manifest the contradictions of Being

Language is much closer to film than painting is.

Down the steps, ...over the corpses, ...careers the pram with the child.

The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.

There is so much debate about moderate and radical Islam but there is only one Islam.

The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope, while the left eye peers into the microscope.

Be brave, be victorious

This is what I signed up for. I’m not here going ‘Oh, they’re so mean to me, and it’s so hard for me.’ What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight. They pay me for it.

We can't change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience it.

I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.

The temptation to entertain instead of selling is contagious.

The future, and the future alone, is the home of explanation.

Humanity will live as long as there are humans.

The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.