So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

I am feeling more. I feel everything more. I cannot express it. I can hardly keep track of it all. It is you! All you! Everything!

Values aren't buses... They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are.

history has no overall direction or purpose

What boundary ever set limits to the service of mankind?

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence.

We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies.

Ignorance is temporary. Stupidity, unfortunately, is permanent.

Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.