I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

We all may be living in different countries, geographical areas, and time zones but one thing which unites us all is that we all belong to one race which is humanity!

And so sometimes I would think how the devil had conquered God.

Do you know what is God? – Life power undergoing various changes in the process of yoga as depicted, gets up in the Cerebrum – This is God.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I hope we all feel more comfortable acknowledging the power of image in our perceived successes and our perceived failures.

Every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read.

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

Life is a four-letter word.

Never seek financial independence in independent cinema since independent cinema doesn't make money.

I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.