Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.

I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.

Here, in my solitude, I have the feeling that I contain too much humanity.

Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive.

Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.

We make each other alive; it doesn’t make a difference if it hurts.

My basic view of things is - not to have any basic view of things. From having been exceedingly dogmatic, my views on life have gradually dissolved. They don't exist any longer.

There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect.

There's always a tension in me between my urge to destroy and my will to live... Every morning I wake up with a new wrath, a new suspiciousness, a new desire to live.

To shoot a film is to organize an entire universe.

God doesn’t need to be a witness. He doesn’t need to go to a court, does he? ‘You’ are the one who has to attain a witness state, so that there’s no karma bondage. And ‘God’ only keeps on ‘seeing’!

The power lies within you. Lift yourself to elevate your innerself. Feel yourself".

Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.

All that analysis is well and good, but what I need right now is a left-handed batter who can hit the ball over the shortstop's head.

If one student is unable to get online, it cripples that student's team and puts the whole course in jeopardy.

You want to make an impression. Being clever helps.

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

Unfortunately I have never been good in math. Numbers simply do not interest me or seem as real to me as words.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

If a child has an older sibling involved in an addiction, there is a 90 percent chance that he or she will get involved too.