I'm just an old man and I smell bad, remember?

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

I don’t know. We’ve kissed. It was nice.”“Nice? Nice is getting an extra shot of espresso in a latte. Nice is finding a dollar on the street. Nice is generic.

If I am not today all that I hope to be, yet I see Jesus, and that assures me that I shall one day be like Him.

In my heart, I know I'm just as talented as some of my idols.

. . . man is just what he thinks himself to be . . . He will attract to himself what the thinks most about. He can learn to govern his own destiny when he learns to control his thoughts.

You can communicate by responding with your body or with a hand clap, with a laugh or with a smile, with non-verbal communication.

For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.

I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it!

There's one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems!

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

Archetypes are always [in my film-making]. It's sometimes interesting to just flip them a little bit and see the underside.