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.

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.

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.

To shoot a film is to organize an entire universe.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

The mind is a useful tool but not a very good friend.

Embrace the weather, child, and you'll understand the balance of the world.

Politics must be founded on the solid faith of God almighty

The great crime of our time, says Vonnegut, was to do too much good secretly, too much harm openly.

Trust in your own self more than in all else.

An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending to be.

I play piano (bit of guitar) and I sing and I love to jam and harmonize with other musical people.

She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.

Nothing can nourish the SOUL but LIGHT.