There are no rules in filmmaking

There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.

No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.

My films must let every man, woman, and child know that God loves them, that I love them, and that peace and salvation will become a reality only when they all learn to love each other.

Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain and hear the laugh of a child.

Most ideologies of the world are not for the individual. They're against the individual. Communism, fascism. Any kind of an ism - almost - they're against the individual.

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

Don't follow trends, start trends.

If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.

History engineered if the facts couldn't be generally accepted.

Books are challenging and inspirational to me.

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

I don't worry about what my opponent is doing.

I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well

Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it.

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.