The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.

American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema.

It is art's task to make manifest the contradictions of Being

Language is much closer to film than painting is.

Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc.

Down the steps, ...over the corpses, ...careers the pram with the child.

The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.

... and you might say “no, you will never do that, that’s not you, not who I know, not who I thought you were”and I will say“watch me”for I never did this to fit inor stand outbut to live.

There must be darkness to see the stars.

Riding a bull must be a bit like flying an ultralight. You get up there and have an exhilarating ride, but then you still have to get down.

Love with complications. Scenery was the last thing on my mind.

Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?

I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don't really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they're dependent on the music.

Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.

There is more to marriage than four bare legs under a blanket.

And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield.