If you’re looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good.

Art imitates life, but science fiction informs us about what form it will take.

Growing up is like walking through glass doors that only open one way--you can see where you came from but can't go back.

A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.

I was often getting hired to play sociopaths and psychopaths and stuff, which is really funny.

We [the United States] are not every other country. And models that work elsewhere may not have the same impact here.

How happy is the Optimist / To whom life shows its sunny side / His horse may lose, his ship may list, / But he always sees the funny side.

Be prepared for luck.

I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.