The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man.

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

Every man has been called to produce a certain number of products within the time allocated to him to live on earth and failure to hit the target would mean a wasted life.

What Is Revealed Through You Is What Impacts The World

Not until you change your lens, true beauty shall always look ugly to you!

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

The discipline of singing early music has a special sound - (it's) very clear.

Unfortunatelymost westerners form their opinions of Africa based on the reporting and news in their own countries

You can hurt people's feelings if you laugh.

He who searches for his beloved is not afraid of the world.

When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.