Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.

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.

The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?

Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.

Success begets more in television.

The best way to manipulate a man is to make him think he is manipulating you.

I don't think Muslims do hate America. I think that's what we hear and that's what we believe. I don't think that's true.

World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps

Until you have enough money accumulated, sacrifice luxury. Sacrifice TV, time out, and even time with your family and friends.

You're ten pints of crazy in a one-pint glass.

I've always had a great love for the blues.