When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.

No, but it’s not because I’m getting older that I’m trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I’m getting.

But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.

I think the best thing I learned from drawing comics is that it's a great exercise in concision.

The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.

You can't call your life your own: and in return you have safety, if it's worth having at the price you pay.

[O]n general principles it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.

A long time ago someone told me that a story will tell itself, when it's ready.

To know the machine one must know where each part belongs, and what its office is.

We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can't imagine Netscape growing as fast as it has if it weren't for the way we use our products.

The window was still open.” Mr Lisbon said. “I don’t think we’d ever remembered to shut it. It was all clear to me. I knew I had to close it or else she’d go on jumping out of it forever

Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.

One may be nice on the outside but on the inside isnt pretty

Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater.