First, I write down all I know about the story, at length and in detail. Then I sink the iceberg and let some of it float up just a little.

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.

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.

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.

Action is what makes hope a reality.

The Right of Every Woman is to be LovedI am all Woman

I want you to know that it is pleasure, not pain, that is your birthright.

People who want to find a place of rest, want to find an integrated personality, sense of self, want fewer fractures in their lives.

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

What about your school? It's defective, it's a pack of useless lies.

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on.

I have often thought that the difference between a cult and a religion is an IRS ruling.

I have donated money to the kids overseas, the open hand project and the homeless.

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.