I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.

I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism.

When in doubt, make a western.

Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?

Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens Reason, confounds discretion; deaf to Counsel It runs a headlong course to desperate madness.

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them.

Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

Oh... Blip. Yeah, I see." He sounds distracted, awed. "Your child, " I whisper."Our child." He counters.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

The dreams that were buried the deepest were the hardest to get rid of.

There is a certain mysticism in the Christian's affirmation of the physical universe. There is a confidence that whatever is discovered conforms with Jesus Christ and is a manifestation of His will.

Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

Nordie's at Noon is an honest and inspiring testament to [these authors'] experiences which, I am completely confident... will inspire thousands of women as it inspired me.

There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.

Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.

I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless.

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.