The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons.

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 foundation of all civilization is loitering.

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.

No one knows what path you should follow except yourself. You are your own wise teacher. You are your own Guru.

During the 24/7 grind of being a carer, it's all to easy to forget the fact that the person you're doing so much for is, and is obliged to be, more resourceful than you in many respects.

Every religion in the world has denounced every other religion as a fraud. That proves to me that they all tell the truth - about others.

Nobody is lost until somebody has given up.

A good cover has a distinct silhouette

A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it.

Everything in my life has been challenging but rewarding.

Washington, one feels in Washington, is the spoiled child of the republic.

I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter.

I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups and do what you're there to do, which is make a movie.